Recently, I've seen a bunch of discussions about "re-staking + shared security" again, basically taking the same trust and repeatedly leveraging it. The compounded returns look quite attractive, but I always feel like the illusion might also stack up: you think you're getting an extra layer of protection, but it might just be an additional correlated risk. Especially now, with the modular and DAO layer narratives making developers very excited, ordinary users (including myself) are actually more confused about "who am I actually guaranteeing?"

The step I can personally take is quite simple: I’d rather earn a little less than spend time flipping through the public information of validators/service providers, at least to see if they have ongoing maintenance, or records of how they handled incidents... It’s troublesome, but compared to staring at a string of "expected returns" before bed, I prefer to sleep more peacefully. Anyway, taking it slow isn’t shameful.