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Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen people talking about re-staking and shared security again. Put simply, it’s taking “a sense of security” and reusing it to generate returns—sounds pretty good. But when your earnings stack up, don’t casually stack your delusions along with them… If Protocol A has a problem, it may not instantly blow up your wallet, but it’s connected to B, and B is connected to C—until finally, it’s you who ends up paying for the system’s complexity.
With new L1/L2s issuing incentives while pulling TVL, long-time users in the group have started complaining about “mine-and-sell.” I’m not against mining, either—after all, the whole “free money” thing has always been like this. I just hope people don’t treat short-term subsidies as long-term interest.
Let me pivot: the tools and mechanisms themselves aren’t wrong, I’ll keep an eye on them, but what I care about more right now is where the exit button is, how long the unlock period lasts, and whether I’ll be able to sleep well in the worst-case scenario… Don’t rush—wait until confirmation.