Just saw a few posts where Layer 2s were going at each other in a “mouth fight.” It’s pretty interesting—everyone’s comparing TPS, fees, and ecosystem subsidies. Honestly, I feel like no matter how much people argue, whoever runs faster is the one that survives, but running fast also depends on whether the road is full of potholes.

Today I want to talk about something different. I was just browsing a project and was planning to quietly follow it, but then I hesitated and ended up unfollowing it. That kind of mindset: when I first joined, I thought, “Wow, this team is amazing.” A couple days later I saw the community start hyping that “oracle price feed delay of a few seconds doesn’t matter; anyway our liquidation mechanism is solid,” and I immediately felt something was off.

I’ve personally fallen for the issue of oracle feed delay. Before, there was a small project that set its liquidation threshold too tightly. The on-chain price feed was delayed by more than ten seconds, and when the market moved even a bit, many people’s positions got liquidated right away—there was no time to react. Plainly put, a price feed delay means “one step behind, and you’re gone.” You may still see the price on your screen, but on-chain it has already changed.

So when I look at projects now, I first check how they handle oracle delays—whether they have backup plans. If the team can’t even explain it clearly themselves, I’d rather not join than be the one left holding the bag.