Lately, watching on-chain transactions feels a bit like watching people line up at the subway entrance: you think everyone is lining up in order, but someone slips in from the side... MEV, in simple terms, is about "who gets packaged first," turning this small order into a business. The biggest impact doesn't seem to be on the big players, but rather on ordinary people who swap small amounts, set up thin liquidity, or mint an NFT just to time the market—slippage can turn into money sent to others in an instant.

What's more annoying is that now, after being robbed via cross-chain bridges and with oracles acting up, people are afraid and often say "wait for confirmation"… but waiting only increases the chance for larger reordering spaces, making it easier for others to cut in line. Fairness on the chain is quite a luxury; I can only try to chase fewer hot topics now, even if it means slower transactions.