I don't mine but I love monitoring validator income curves. Recently, I've seen everyone complain about MEV and unfair ordering, and it's making me a bit uneasy: frankly, when the "water level" of on-chain profit-making changes, many protocols start tinkering with upgrades and multi-signature changes. For newcomers wanting to see credibility, my own simple approach is to look at three things together: GitHub isn't about the number of stars, but whether the recent changes are clearly documented, who raised the issues, and whether they were emergency fixes; audit reports shouldn't just be about "pass," but focus on how serious issues were handled and whether there was a re-audit; upgrading multi-signature setups is even more straightforward—who are the signers, whether they are decentralized, and if there's a timelock (giving you time to run away). Anyway, I prefer to be a bit slow, at least I have a clear mind... just watch the tides, don't chase the waves.