Recently, people keep saying, "I’ve checked on the chain but still got scammed / got caught," but the "on-chain" you see might already be a step behind. The app on your phone or browser plugin behind the scenes needs to go through nodes/RPC, and also has to pass through an indexer to organize transactions into a "readable result." If any link in the chain stalls or replays, the order you see might not be the actual order, not to mention those actions in the mempool that haven't been confirmed on the chain yet—you're completely unaware of them.



Forget it, let me put it plainly: you think you're watching a live broadcast, but you might actually be watching a delayed replay. Whether it's hardware wallets being out of stock or the recent surge in phishing links, everyone's security awareness has improved, but don’t mistake "on-chain verifiable" for "real-time + trustworthy display." My own habit is: before critical operations, switch between two RPCs to verify, don’t rely solely on a single frontend prompt; the more nervous you are, the less you should click on links—waiting three seconds longer can save you money.
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