Just now, I canceled three orders out of boredom again, and my friends said I look like a robot... But what's even more outrageous on the chain: you think that when you click swap, you're just queuing up, but in reality, someone is holding a "front-running/sniping" pass and cutting in front of you.

The impact isn't just on retail traders who get sniped; even LPs' slippage, quote updates, and even what you think is the "transaction price" are quietly rewritten through sorting. In other words, execution costs are secretly being taxed an extra layer.

Recently, I heard that some regions are increasing taxes and tightening compliance, causing deposit and withdrawal expectations to shift. The on-chain congestion instantly worsens, MEV opportunities increase, and ordinary people find it even harder to avoid being exploited.
Anyway, I now try to use private transactions whenever possible, split orders when I can... I no longer expect absolute fairness, at least don’t make it obvious.