Recently, someone said "I saw big trades on the chain," but honestly, what you see might just be a delayed screenshot. If any one of the three layers—nodes, RPC, or indexers—gets stuck, your "real-time" data becomes "just now." I've personally experienced this: for the same transaction, it hasn't even shown up in A's browser, but B's side is already popping champagne... pretty awkward.

Especially now, with new L1/L2 incentives boosting TVL, the chain becomes instantly lively like a market fair. It's normal for veteran users to complain about "mining, selling"—if you chase the hype, your information is always a step behind, and it easily turns into a feeling of catching the bag late.

So my current mindset is more like making backups: I don't rely on a single RPC or indexer as the truth. I compare two or three sources, even if it takes a bit longer to confirm, so I won't get fooled by a "delayed on-chain" and get frustrated. Anyway, the hit rate isn't high, so I focus on lowering the error rate first.