Lately I've been looking at cross-chain bridges again, and every time TVL drops, I feel heartbroken... To be honest, no matter how you package these bridges, the core question is "Who do you trust?" Multi-signature seems stable, but it's really just replacing single-point risk with a group of people; the same goes for oracles—if the price feeds or status feeds collectively go haywire, verifying on your chain is just verifying in vain.

So now when I see the words "waiting for confirmation," I reflexively pause. It's not being pretentious; it's giving myself a window to back out: on-chain confirmation ≠ the matter is definitely correct, it just raises the cost of malicious behavior a bit and gives you time to notice something's off.

Recently, the L2s are arguing about TPS, fees, and subsidies—who's more attractive. I find it quite amusing... Anyway, once cross-chain is active, the biggest fear isn't slowness, but speed so fast that you don't have time to regret. If I had been less greedy for those few minutes back then, waited for two rounds of confirmation before proceeding, I probably wouldn't be waking up in the middle of the night staring at the browser. Complaining about slow, but still obediently waiting with my hands.