Recently helping a friend with on-chain operations, I found that everyone’s tangled up mainly in just two words: save money and save hassle. When mainnet gas is cheap, of course that feels great, but you’ll never be able to wait for the “perfect” timing. Layer 2 feels much smoother, but the moment you transfer in, you end up wincing over the fees plus the wait for confirmation. My compromise is pretty straightforward: for everyday small interactions and things like claiming airdrops, I stick with L2; if I’m really planning to hold long term and interacting with high-permission contracts, I’d rather pay a bit more on the mainnet to get it done—then you can sleep easy.

And lately, meme coins and celebrity calls have been getting hot again—attention shifts way too fast. Newcomers are the most likely to keep jumping in and out just to chase whatever’s trending, burning through a bunch of gas, and still not dodging the last wave. Anyway, I’m more focused now on “what exactly do I want to do,” so I don’t get dragged around by the hype.