Recently, I keep seeing a bunch of people link ETF fund flows, U.S. stock risk appetite, and whether crypto prices are going up or down—then interpret it as though it explains everything. In any case, there’s a lot of information noise, and after watching it for too long, my thoughts start to sway with it too… What I care about more now is whether a project can be “trusted”: first, check whether GitHub updates are consistent—are they genuinely ongoing, or is it just two people tweaking things back and forth; don’t just look at the audit report’s cover logo—check the conclusion for whether there are “high-risk issues not fixed/only partially fixed”; and don’t mess around with upgrade permissions, either—who are the multiple-signature signers, whose “keys” are involved, and whether there’s a time lock. To put it plainly, don’t save that small fee to poke a black-box upgrade—once you get hit with it, you’ll behave (you won’t dare to mess around again). Noise-reduction strategy: focus only on three things—code activity, audit remediation, and upgrade permissions; treat other buzzwords as background noise.