Recently, I took a look around at projects doing parallel sharding—wow, one is more lively than the next. From testnet “speeding” to points/rewards expectations and guesses about mainnet token issuance, it’s flying everywhere. It kind of gets my pulse up, but I also don’t quite dare to jump in. Honestly, once this kind of narrative hype kicks in, retail investors are most likely to forget to check the exit.

My own habit is: no matter how great the architecture is, I have to first figure out how assets can be safely moved in and out, and whether the exit path is clear. Are staking yields stable? Is risk control reliable? When a bunch of people are charging in hard, I’d rather watch from the sidelines first, and only join once the infrastructure is running smoothly.

Anyway, that’s where I’m at now: check the return rate once a day, and the rest of the time I just mess around. No matter whether the mainnet will issue tokens or not, I’m focusing on keeping my principal safe first.