Recently, when checking data on-chain, I keep running into that kind of “pause”—the page takes forever to load and only then produces results. In many cases, it’s not that the chain is broken; it’s that middle layer “can’t catch its breath”: the indexer/Subgraph hasn’t synced to the latest blocks yet, or the RPC is being rate-limited. If you request too often, it will queue you up or drop a few packets. Put simply, what you’re seeing is “a ledger organized by others.” When the organizers are too busy to keep up, delays happen.

When new L1/L2s launch incentives to pull in TVL, people swarm in and flood the place to interact. I understand why old users complain about “mining, selling, and taking profits”—when the chain is lively, these basic infrastructures are the first to show signs of strain.

Anyway, I personally have the habit of switching among multiple RPCs and waiting one or two extra confirmations for key actions. Don’t rush to click the second time… let’s see.