I’ve been lurking in the group for a long time, but I can’t help saying this: this on-chain “cutting in line” (MEV/ordering) isn’t some abstract concept—what it affects is the exact price your trade ends up getting executed at when you hit confirm. You think you’re making a bet against the market, but in many cases you’re actually betting against people who are faster—he may not have the right direction, but he just sees your order earlier than you do.

The worst part is that ordinary people don’t feel anything at all: if slippage is big, they assume it’s just because they’re careless with their trades. But it might be that they get “sandwiched,” or that someone gets their transaction inserted into the block before theirs. I’m not going to debate what’s fair or unfair—I just do cross-chain and move positions now. If I can use private channels, I won’t use the public pool. I’d rather be slower than be “publicly feeding orders.”

Also, lately with social mining and fan tokens, that whole “attention is mining” thing—I look at it and it feels like moving cutting in line from the chain to the information feed: whoever is better at grabbing your attention gets to eat first. That’s it for now—keep lurking.