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Recently, parallel processing and sharding have been quite the hot topics, with a bunch of "next-generation performance narratives" circulating in the group. But I still want to look at two things first: what assets are actually in TVL, and whether they can be smoothly withdrawn. To put it simply, no matter how high the throughput is, if the old pitfalls like bridges, cross-chain, and re-entrancy aren’t addressed, in the end, it’s just using a "faster method" to lock up the money.
The situation with stablecoins is even more obvious—regulations, reserve audits, and various rumors of "de-pegging" come out, causing emotions to collapse first; on-chain data, however, is quite honest: are large transactions switching positions, has the redemption channel slowed down? If you really participate in these new chains and sharding, don’t just look at the active address surge; first, try the exit path. Small transactions through the entire process are more reliable than just listening to stories.