Lately, when looking at IBC and message passing things, the more I think about it, the more I realize that cross-chain is basically: who do you trust? A transfer from A to B is not just about that "bridge," but also about trusting the consensus of both chains, the relayer responsible for passing messages, the verification proofs of the light client/contract implementation, and the configuration and upgrade permissions in the middle—don't suddenly go haywire. Sometimes the tags seen on tools are also quite outdated, and can even be misleading. Staring at "fund flow" for too long can make you more anxious, so now I care more about the component list and permission boundaries.

What I fear most is not slowness but chaos: slow can be waited for, but chaos means you don't even know where the trust chain broke if one link fails. Anyway, I have a very small position in cross-chain, because being able to sleep well is the most important.