Lately, people keep talking about “modular blockchains.” To be honest, as a terminal user like me, there are only two feelings that are the most direct: first, transfers/interactions shouldn’t get stuck like a slideshow/PPT; second, don’t suddenly make it so expensive that it makes me question my life. After you split execution and data, the experience is theoretically more stable, and the costs are more manageable—but my gut tells me that if the underlying layers are broken down, the “confirmation” moment in my wallet is still slow, I’ll still get impatient.

My mom asked me the other day: “Aren’t your on-chain transactions supposed to be automatic? Why do people still keep cutting in line?” I could only answer her with half a sentence: automatic is automatic, but the sorting order is in someone else’s hands… Recently, retail investors have also been complaining that validators are earning too much, and that MEV makes it feel like a black box. I can empathize with that too. Can modularity really make it fairer about “who comes first and who comes last”? I’ll watch for now—don’t let it turn out to be another beautiful concept that ultimately still comes down to connections and gas fees. In any case, I’ll move less for now and just watch where the on-chain money goes.