Recently, I’ve been seeing a bunch of new L1/L2 projects rolling out incentives to pull TVL. Old users complain about “mining to earn and then selling,” but honestly, that’s pretty normal: once the free money comes in, the on-chain experience starts to feel like rush hour. For everyday people, you have to compromise between gas fees and the experience—my approach is basically two rules: if it’s not urgent, try to send it to L2 as much as possible and don’t fight for blocks on the mainnet; if you really need the mainnet, compress your actions into a single sequence—don’t do approve, then swap, then deposit in multiple parts. The fees can completely wreck your mindset.

There’s another point I care about even more right now: cross-chain/bridges and L2 upgrade permissions. Cheap is cheap, but it matters more to check who’s allowed to upgrade, whether there’s a blacklist, and whether an emergency pause can freeze you with a single click. That’s more real than saving a few gas fees. I don’t regret the outcome—I regret that in the past, I found it troublesome to check permissions and rushed in anyway, and later I got stuck in the bridge and could only wait… In any case, I’d rather spend a few extra minutes checking the contract than save a few dozen dollars and then not be able to sleep.