Recently, I was checking on-chain records and it triggered a bit of OCD: the same swap transaction, I clearly clicked first, but in the end, it looks like I got "cut in line"… Basically, it’s all about the ordering (MEV). The winner isn’t necessarily the smarter one, but the one closer to the block packer. The biggest impact isn’t actually the big whales, but those small, frequent traders doing tasks or swapping coins—slippage might be acceptable once or twice, but after many times, it’s like an invisible tax.

These days, the funding rates are extremely volatile, and people in the group are arguing whether to reverse or keep pumping the bubble. I care more about this: the more extreme it gets, the easier it is for front-running or sandwich attacks to happen, and the quality of on-chain transactions visibly deteriorates. My “long-term” isn’t really defined—probably about a quarter, enough for me to run through a round of bridge+swap+claim, and see which chains are genuinely optimized for fairness, and which are just moving front-running from the light to the dark. If it’s like a job… I’ll automate it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll give up.