Lately, I've been getting "cut in line" on the chain and it's starting to get to me... I clearly calculated the gas carefully, but I still got front-run, snatched, and the final transaction price slipped away. It feels like the hurt always falls on small retail traders like me. Honestly, MEV isn't just money that appears out of nowhere; it's extracted from some people's expectations, just in a way that looks "reasonable": ordering, bundling, whoever bids the highest gets to go first.

The community is pretty divided too—some say this is free market, others say it's unfair but unavoidable. After a few arguments, everyone just ends up saying "then don't play on the chain." What's even more frustrating is that now, between L2s, they’re constantly comparing TPS, fees, and subsidies. They talk about user experience, but in reality, who controls the ordering and how they handle front-running is what really affects us, the gas-saving folks, and whether we can sleep well at night... Anyway, I’ll keep testing with small amounts, preferring to earn a little less than paying more tuition fees.