Actually, everyone understands that the biggest fear in cross-chain is not slowness, but thinking you're only trusting one chain, only to step into a series of "invisible components." Recently, I went through the IBC process from the beginning again: once you cross over, besides the two chains themselves, you also have to trust the light client/verification proof system, whether the relayer runs diligently, and whether the finality of the other chain is stable... To put it simply, message passing is like "sending a letter," and bridges are more like "collecting and paying on behalf," where who can modify the trust or forge receipts determines who you are trusting.

A few days ago, I saw news about a bridge being hacked again, and everyone's first reaction was "don't move yet, wait for confirmation"... When oracle prices fluctuate wildly, people also choose to wait. It's a pretty genuine consensus: better to miss out than to gamble on that one moment. Anyway, when I look at cross-chain projects now, I don't care how fast they boast, I focus on how they handle retries after failure, how they restrict permissions, and how they explain when they can't roll back after an incident. Taking it slow and finishing steadily makes me feel more at ease.