When it comes to cross-chain, I basically treat it as “stacking multi-layer trust.” If you can avoid bridges, use them less—it's not that something is definitely going to go wrong, but when it does, it’s hard to clearly pin down who’s to blame. Put simply, for a cross-chain message from A to B, you at least have to trust that the source chain won’t roll back, that the verification/light-client setup won’t be bypassed, that relayers/relayers won’t mess around or block you, that the target chain’s contract logic isn’t written with vulnerabilities, and finally that all those multisig/oracles/operational permissions won’t suddenly change the rules. IBC is relatively more “orderly,” but it’s not a free pass to avoid disaster— the more components involved, the wider the risk surface. Recently, Meme coins and celebrities are shouting call-outs in a rapid round after round, and newcomers are most likely to just cross over directly to chase the hype for convenience… And the veteran’s line of “don’t take the last baton” doesn’t sound outdated to me at all: first, figure out exactly who you’re putting your trust in, and then confirm.