Recently, many people have been asking why on-chain data sometimes "lags," essentially it's not that the chain suddenly stops, but rather the layer you're viewing is struggling: RPC is rate-limited, indexer queues are backed up, Subgraph is still catching up with blocks/reindexing, and the frontend can only show you the previous cache, which looks like latency. Especially when you're focusing on failed transactions/nonce sequences, missing one or two blocks can make the data completely mismatched.

Some people have also been more anxious lately due to rumors of increased taxes or tighter/looser compliance in certain regions, and when a refresh doesn't show the expected data, they suspect deposit/withdrawal issues... but often it's just that the data hasn't caught up with the chain.

I treat complexity as an enemy: don't rely blindly on "real-time" data, cross-check two or three data sources to avoid arguing with illusions.