Recently, people have been talking again about block builders, bundles, and so on. I was anxious at first too: does not understanding mean you’re basically going to get taken advantage of? Later I figured it out: retail investors don’t actually need to treat it as a “new knowledge point” and grind at it. Knowing two things is enough. First, your transaction could be bundled and sequenced, and slippage and the execution price are not determined solely by the moment you click. Second, don’t treat “fast” as an advantage—especially when you’re chasing hot trends; the more impatient you are, the easier it is to get squeezed.

In the past, I would watch gas and block inclusion speed, thinking about getting ahead by one step… Now it feels more like doing risk control: if I can set a limit price, I set a limit price; if I can split orders, I split them. I’d rather take a little less than let myself become someone else’s profit source. Also, the recent controversy over NFT royalties has been pretty similar—everyone wants “fairness,” but in the end it still comes down to who can better control the transaction path and liquidity. Anyway, I’ll do my best to stand on the side that I can control.