Lately, I've been watching on-chain transactions and it feels like waiting in line at a coffee shop only to be pushed aside by someone else... To put it plainly, that MEV "cutting in line" ultimately affects ordinary people: the cup you ordered (your transaction) is slow, more expensive, or even replaced with a worse price. Big players and bots are definitely competing too, but what really hurts is the experience of following the rules but still feeling like someone is slipping away with a little bit of your transaction.

My own mindset has sort of "upgraded": I used to watch every transaction to figure out who was in front and who was behind, but now I more accept that the blockchain is just a crowded intersection. The best I can do is not stay up all night trying to front-run, not hold large positions and push hard, but rather split up transactions, take it slow, and avoid getting emotional about it.

By the way, hardware wallets have been out of stock recently, and phishing links are everywhere... People’s security awareness has improved, but don’t rush to click on random links either. The front-runners are on-chain, the scammers are off-chain, so the first thing is to lock your own door securely.