These days I see a bunch of people talking about data availability, ordering, finality—so many technical terms that it's easy to get overwhelmed. I personally focus on one main point: does the money actually arrive in the account? Basically, there are three things: where can you check the data, who is in line for the transaction, and how long until there's no more regret. If any link in this chain gets messy, the experience shifts from "smooth" to "Am I being scammed?"

Why did I get the itch to test the testnet? It's not because I trust the technology more; mainly, I saw everyone earning points and guessing whether the mainnet will issue tokens, and that little hope of "what if" popped into my mind... Then I calmed down and decided to just use a small account to casually try it out, not to invest all my time and emotions into expectations. Anyway, I’ll just take a sip of cold brew sparkling water first.