I've been around long enough to stop getting excited every time crypto claims it has solved an old problem. Babylon, $BABY , #baby , @BabylonLabs_io caught my attention because it felt quieter than most projects. No bridges, no wrapped assets, just keeping control of your own BTC. That part made sense to me. But after looking a little closer, I realized the interesting part wasn't custody, it was choice. I still had to pick a finality provider, and naturally most people seemed to end up with the biggest ones. I've seen that pattern across too many cycles. Nobody forces it, yet everyone drifts in the same direction. Maybe it's only an early-stage effect, maybe it fades with time. I honestly don't know. I just keep wondering how often we celebrate removing intermediaries while slowly creating new ones that feel normal enough to ignore. Those quiet trade-offs usually matter more than the headlines.