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Using L2 now is really a love-hate situation: gas is cheap, interactions are smooth, but constantly bridging to the mainnet, waiting for confirmations, plus occasional contract risks, basically means trading “cost” for “hassle.” My own compromise is pretty simple: for daily small-scale testing, I use L2; the mainnet only handles two things—long-term holdings and operations that must be done on the mainnet; I also try to minimize cross-chain/bridging, preferring to wait a day or two to gather everything before transferring, so I don’t keep bouncing back and forth, wasting fees and mental energy. Recently, that airdrop season’s point-earning tasks really feel like work; platforms are cracking down more and more on anti-witchcraft measures, making people do transaction farming just for the “experience.” I personally don’t want to cooperate much… Anyway, saving gas doesn’t mean I have to burn my time too. I won’t talk about it anymore; surviving is more important than trying to squeeze out a few points.