Someone asked me, who exactly is affected by the on-chain MEV "front-running" practices? Frankly, the first to suffer are ordinary traders: you think you're executing at the seen price, but suddenly you're sandwiched, slippage spikes, or the order that should have been filled gets eaten by someone else first, turning you into the one chasing the price. Those doing perpetual contracts shouldn't feel unaffected either; if spot on-chain trading gets manipulated, the price signals sent to the contracts can cause open interest to spike, making it easier to hit liquidation zones and amplifying noise.

Recently, with cross-chain bridge hacks and oracle errors, everyone is starting to "wait for confirmation," which is quite realistic: when order sequencing is unfair, being early isn't necessarily an advantage; it might just make you a target. My approach is pretty simple: large orders are split into smaller batches, and I avoid easily front-run paths. I prefer to go slower—discipline is more important than winning a second.