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LST and re-staking recently, I always feel like I need to think about this stuff more slowly.
The returns, honestly, boil down to two parts: one is the old money from the underlying staking—"inflation + transaction fees," and the other is the "new money" gained from re-staking, using your assets as collateral for other services.
New money sounds exciting, but the risks also move with it: contract issues, consensus/node misbehavior, layered penalty mechanisms, and when something goes wrong, you might not even know who you're actually endorsing.
And I can also understand the complaints about on-chain data tools and tagging systems being laggy or misleading...
You stare at the dashboard for a long time, but maybe you're just seeing the part that others want you to see.
Anyway, I’m now a bit behind the curve—better to clarify the source first, rather than just focus on "that extra bit."
Slowing down can actually be quite reassuring.