Lately I keep hearing people talk about data availability, ordering, finality, a bunch of technical terms that sound pretty intimidating… I’ll draw a line myself: the transaction and transfer you see, who is “queuing,” whether the data is truly publicly available there, and whether they will regret it in the end. Basically, don’t just focus on whether the floor price has jumped or not, think carefully first if this transaction can be front-run, or if it can be rolled back.

What I fear most isn’t losing money, but losing control — realizing after clicking confirm that I have no idea what just happened, and there’s no way to fix it. Recently, hardware wallets are out of stock again, phishing links are rampant, and the more these happen, the more I feel that the word “finality” really hits home: don’t give yourself an entry point where one mistake means disaster. Anyway, I now always close the link before trading and reopen it, even if I’m a bit slow.