My current mindset with L2 is: don’t clash head-on with the mainnet. For small interactions and everyday transfers, I try to move them to L2 as much as possible—save gas and keep things smooth; but when it comes to really scaling up amounts or authorizing a bunch of contracts, I’d still rather go back to the mainnet, even if it’s slower—at least I feel secure. In short, I want both a good experience and safety, so I’ll split it up: hot wallets handle the errands on L2, while cold/multisig wallets just stay put on the mainnet.

There’s also a very real one: some dApps on L2 are done pretty well, but once you need to cross back to the mainnet, that bridge moment is really likely to make you lose your cool. So I plan ahead—don’t wait until you’re about to use the money and then only think, “Why do I still have to wait?” By the way, the recent NFT royalty drama has been stressing me out… liquidity matters, creators’ royalties matter too, and in the end when ordinary people just want to make a trade, they still have to factor in gas + royalties + slippage—it really feels like finding out at checkout that there are a few more charges.

Oh, and when I see an unknown link, I still have my old habit: screenshot it first (you know the rest), and then look into it slowly. I’d rather be a bit troublesome than give someone a free ride into a phishing trap.