I've been lurking in the group for a long time, and I see there's another debate about L2—who has higher TPS, lower fees, and bigger subsidies... I can't help but want to say: if you're really going to do a cross-chain transfer, don't rush to look at "speed and cost," who do you actually trust?

Whether it's called IBC or other messaging/bridging solutions, essentially there are a few layers: the source chain must not rollback itself; the verification/relay layer (light clients, oracles, guardians, MPC, etc.) must not maliciously act or go offline; the target chain's contracts/modules must not crash; plus human components like upgrade permissions, pause switches, admin keys. You think you're doing cross-chain, but actually you're splitting and bundling trust.

What I care about more now is: whether issues can be self-verified, whether rollback/freeze boundaries exist, and whether permissions are traceable. Winning the fee battle is useless; in the end, trust costs are what matter... Anyway, I will first clarify my trust list before taking action.