These past few days, I was "educated" again by on-chain data: I clearly saw that a certain transfer hadn't arrived yet, but someone in the group had already screenshot that it had... It wasn't until later that I realized I was actually looking at the perspective provided by a certain RPC/indexer, not the blockchain itself. When node synchronization is slow, RPCs are queued, or the indexer is still fetching data, you start to think "the chain is late," and then you begin to imagine the story, and the FOMO switch suddenly flips on.

Airdrop season is even more obvious, with task platforms using a combination of anti-witch-hunting measures and point systems that feel like clocking in at work. I was checking my progress while watching the browser, and the data delay directly messes with people's mindset: is it because I didn't do it right, or because it hasn't updated? Honestly, before looking at the chain, ask yourself "whose eyes am I using?" Otherwise, it's easy to be led by delays. Anyway, I’ll put my impulse aside first and wait for it to catch up on its own.