Last night, while snacking on potato chips and browsing the blockchain, I kept thinking how mysterious "cutting in line" is: sometimes you think you just scrolled a bit more, but actually someone has inserted a few transactions ahead of you, distorting the path. In the end, those who pay the price are often small, lazy traders who don't bother to adjust parameters. To put it simply, unfair ordering hurts not the big players—big players can split orders or privately send transactions—but those of us who just casually hit swap are more likely to get snatched away.

Recently, the group has been sharing charts about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and rumors about "de-pegging," and when emotions run high, I momentarily want to leave the group and uninstall my wallet to cool off for a couple of days... But thinking about it, uninstalling won't solve the problem of on-chain front-running. I can only be more careful: don't chase hot trends with one-click swaps, keep slippage low, and if necessary, just wait. Anyway, that's how it is today—after finishing this bag of cookies, I’ll take another look at the mempool.