Lately, it’s been a bit like checking the weather: when the mainnet gas heats up, I don’t dare to click around randomly, and Layer 2 experiences are indeed much smoother. My compromise approach is pretty simple—small trial and error, frequent operations, then abandon L2; if I really need to go on the mainnet, I save up and do it all at once when it’s less crowded, anyway don’t ruin your mindset just to save a few bucks on gas.

Later, I found that some on-chain data tools/tags look very “accurate,” but they update slowly or can be deliberately bypassed, which can easily lead to bias. Now I only use them as a reference, mainly looking at my wallet’s actual costs and operation paths. Short-term moves are fine, but first confirm the bridge, withdrawal times, contract addresses, and so on, or the gas saved might all go toward learning fees.