I used to often say "On-chain data doesn't lie," but now I have to add: on-chain data isn't lying, but the data you're seeing might already be half a beat behind. Slow node synchronization, RPC rate limiting, indexers acting up and missing a few blocks—while you're watching the address funds flow eagerly, they've already switched to a different route, and you're still waiting for the interface to respond.

Recently, unlocking/staking unlocks have been talked about as if it's the end of the world. Many people's "selling pressure warnings" are actually just self-dramatization based on delayed data... Now I prefer to run multiple RPC connections to compare on-chain data. I'd rather wait two more minutes for confirmation than be emotionally driven by an unlocking calendar and a slow indexer. Data is the real deal; if the pipeline isn't clean, it just becomes chicken soup.