Midnight browsing the blockchain and seeing someone get stuck in a cross-chain transfer suddenly woke me up a bit… To put it simply, you really have to trust quite a few things in a cross-chain transfer: the source chain shouldn’t rollback itself, the proof/light client shouldn’t have bugs, the relayer (the person moving messages) shouldn’t be lazy or malicious, the verification logic on the target chain shouldn’t have omissions, and finally, the bridge contract’s permissions/upgradable keys shouldn’t have any tricks. I feel more at ease with IBC’s “proof-based message passing,” but it’s not invincible either. The more components there are, the more I’ll get a red flag if any link in the chain has abnormal transfers. Recently, the airdrop season task platform is messing with anti-witchcraft and points systems, making people feel like they’re working a regular job. I always do a small test run before cross-chain transfers… if it’s slow, then so be it.