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Today in the group, people are arguing again about who to trust for cross-chain bridges... The image in my mind is: once an IBC/message transfer goes through, you might think it's just "sending a package," but actually you need to trust a series of things: the two chains themselves don't go haywire, the light client/verification proofs aren't compromised, the relayer (the carrier) doesn't go offline or act maliciously, and the target chain doesn't do something unexpected during execution. To put it simply, a bridge isn't a bridge; it's a "trust conveyor belt," and any weak link could turn into meme material. By the way, recently everyone has been complaining that validators/miners rely on MEV and that the ordering is unfair, and I understand... If cross-chain messages also add a layer of "who gets included in the block first wins," retail users' experience is really like waiting in line and getting jumped. Jokes aside, don't treat your positions as a joke; before doing cross-chain transfers, think carefully: who am I trusting, and to what extent.