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Recently, some people have been scared by the words "data availability, ordering, finality." Actually, just follow one main line: Are you trusting "what you see is true," or trusting "the queued person won't sneak in line," or perhaps trusting "this result won't be reversed tomorrow." The bigger the term, the more it looks like a trap that’s been decorated.
Cross-chain bridge thefts, to be honest, often aren’t because the chain is so powerful, but because you simply can’t independently verify what’s happening on the other side; when oracles malfunction, the entire network’s collective understanding of "waiting for confirmation" is quite honest: everyone knows in their hearts that until finality arrives, today’s truth is just a temporary worker.
So how do ordinary people choose?
I don’t know either... but what I care about more now is: in the worst case, can I reconcile the accounts myself, rather than relying on others to boast. Anyway, avoid places that require you to "blindly trust the middle layer," for now, just like that.