Lately, when I check on-chain data after the market closes, I always feel like "why is it so slow," and after thinking about it, it's not entirely the chain's fault. Maybe the data I’m looking at is just delayed: node synchronization is sometimes fast, sometimes slow; RPC still needs to queue/limit; the indexer processes it again before giving you a "seemingly complete" result. You think you're looking at real-time data, but you're actually looking at cached data from someone else.



When a cross-chain bridge gets hacked, everyone's first reaction is to wait for confirmation. Basically, they don't trust the first data they see; recently, it was the same with oracle price anomalies—people in the group kept saying "wait until the price feed recovers before acting." Forget it, to put it plainly: on-chain data isn't something you can fully grasp with just one screen. Don’t rely on delayed data to hold your positions; for someone like me who likes to cancel orders, I’d rather wait two more minutes than gamble on that one moment. That’s all for now.
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