Recently, someone asked me what exactly people are afraid of with cross-chain bridges. To put it simply, there are three main concerns: multi-signature, oracles, and the slow "waiting for confirmation." Multi-signature is not an all-powerful insurance; if the signers are in the same circle or get compromised, the bridge becomes just a big wallet. Oracles are even more mysterious; on-chain it looks like "completed," but in reality, it's just a status fed to you by someone else. If there's an error or manipulation, the transaction can fail instantly. As for waiting for confirmation, it's not that the official team is deliberately tormenting users; the essence of cross-chain is to wait until "this transaction won't be rolled back or reorganized." If you're in a rush to release, you actually create an attack window. Recently, everyone has been complaining that validators earn too much and that MEV ordering is unfair. I can understand that too; the ordering rights are in someone else's hands, and your cross-chain step is more like handing over the key. Thinking about it later, it's quite funny—I used to complain about slow bridges, but now I prefer them to be slower, at least I have a clear mind. Anyway, my own approach is: large amounts are split into batches, avoid using the bridge if possible, and if I do use a bridge, I first check the multi-signature distribution and the oracle sources, reducing reliance on luck.