In the past, I looked at miners' revenue curves like watching tides; when it rose, I thought "Today’s waves are big." Now, a closer look makes me wonder: how much of these waves are caused by MEV-like "queue-jumping fees"? To put it simply, the unfair sorting doesn’t hit the whales first, but those who click confirm and think they’re in line: with bigger slippage, worse execution, or even being caught in the middle as fuel. Big players actually have ways to bypass this or directly pay for better queues.

These days, some people keep watching large on-chain transfers and hot/cold wallets of exchanges, shouting "smart money is coming" all the time. I find it a bit... often it’s just moving assets, risk control, or someone adjusting positions before liquidation. What really affects my mood is: on the same chain, in the same block, everyone’s view of fairness isn’t actually the same. Anyway, I now place orders more slowly, willing to do two fewer trades, rather than pay tuition for "queue-jumping."