Lately I've been working on a few small projects related to privacy/storage, and the more I look, the more I think beginners shouldn't rush into studying "narratives" first. Focus on trustworthiness. I treat GitHub as a thermometer for "whether work is being done": whether updates are continuous, whether changes revolve around core issues, whether issues are answered seriously— even if there's arguing, it's better than complete silence... But don't blindly trust the number of commits; spamming commits is easy.

I used to want to read audit reports word by word, but later I narrowed my goal: first find conclusions and known risks, see if serious issues have been genuinely fixed, and who confirmed the fixes; then look at the scope—many reports only audit part of it, so don't treat them as "full coverage." When upgrading multi-signature wallets, I also glance at it: how many signatures, who, is there a timelock—at least avoid a one-click upgrade that could lead users astray.

Recently, some people have also complained that on-chain data tools and tagging systems are lagging and might even mislead... So now I prefer to treat these as references, not as judges. Anyway, let it be slow; let the hidden issues grow slowly. That's all for now.