Recently, I've seen a lot of people discussing data availability, ordering, finality—longer terms tend to scare people off... I personally focus on one main point: whether your transaction is truly "written in" or not, and whether anyone can front-run or manipulate during the process. Data availability basically means "can everyone verify the contents of the ledger," ordering is "who says what first or second," and finality is "don't flip-flop or rollback after a couple of days." Understanding these three things is actually enough.

By the way, recently there's been a lot of noise about privacy coins/mixing/ compliance, which gives me a headache. As someone who just wants to stake steadily, I’d rather earn a bit less than wake up one day unable to sleep because the on-chain paths are too "fancy" and complicated.

Lowering my goals actually helps me stick to it longer: I don’t chase after flashy stuff, just pick the yields I can understand and exit easily, check in a couple of times a day, then go back to relaxing. That’s it for now.