Just saw people in the group hyping modular blockchains again. To be honest, for ordinary users like us, it’s basically the same as before. You still have to wait for confirmations to bridge assets; the cross-chain fees—those are still fees you end up paying. Splitting things into a DA layer and an execution layer and so on, in the end-user experience, boils down to “robbing Peter to pay Paul”—you’ve added a data availability layer, but in the end users still have to click “Confirm” and wait for a block. I suspect some people are treating modular as a cure-all; anyway, I glanced at the other side of the bridge, and the fees were only higher, not lower.

Speaking of RWA and U.S. Treasury yields, that’s pretty interesting. On-chain yield products are all pitching “real assets” as a selling point, but after all the modular hype, I haven’t seen any product that lets you pay less in tolls when you cross chains.

Also, yesterday I tested a new bridge. I set limit alerts and slippage protection, and the psychological change was honestly quite subtle. At first I felt like, “I’m good now”—once you set a cap, you can sleep better. Then I checked the reminders every five minutes; the more I looked, the more anxious I became. In the end, I just turned off the notifications—since I set limits anyway, whatever happens, happens. In plain terms, psychological comfort matters more than real defense. If you’re going to get squeezed or robbed, no single mechanism can stop it. It’d be better to, when the market is volatile, first set yourself a mental “cool-down period.” Forget it—let’s just leave it at that. 😂