# the false buh drum

*when the held breath was just rpc lag*

By [derUbarU](https://paragraph.com/@derubaru) · 2026-06-08

buh drum

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you refresh etherscan. the tx is still pending.

you refresh again. still pending. you switch rpc. the tx confirmed eight minutes ago. the buh drum was over before it started, and you spent the whole of it waiting for nothing.

buh drum.

* * *

the ledger screen is doing the little animation. you hold your breath. you read the address on the screen six times. you compare it to the address in the dapp. you compare it to your notes. the device asks you to confirm.

you didn't move yet.

buh drum.

* * *

the chart spikes. you open three more tabs. the mempool is quiet. the explorer has nothing. dexscreener has nothing. coingecko was just stale.

the candle goes back to where it was.

buh drum.

* * *

the buh drum doesn't need a thing behind it. the body doesn't know that.

absolute cinema.

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*Originally published on [derUbarU](https://paragraph.com/@derubaru/the-false-buh-drum)*