Recently, I came across a bunch of people researching block builders, bundles, making it seem like you can't trade without understanding them... To put it simply, retail traders just need to know that "trades are not executed in the order you submit them," and that some will bundle, cut in line, or treat you as a sandwich fill. The rest—who the builders are, which ones are faster or more shady—if I really dig into it, I’d get anxious and lose sleep.

Especially now, large transfers on-chain and hot/cold wallets on exchanges are interpreted as smart money moves, I also watch but don’t treat it as a signal... Most of the time, it’s just moving assets, reconciling, or risk management. Anyway, when I interact, I focus on two things: don’t rush in when liquidity is thin, and don’t use too aggressive slippage.

If I had known earlier that bundles could pack a bunch of operations into the same transaction, I probably wouldn’t have been reckless and changed parameters the night before a mint, only to burn all my gas and still not get in... That’s all for now, I’ll keep working the night shift tonight.