Recently, I’ve been listening to people talk about blockchain builders, bundles, and the like. As a retail investor, honestly, I don’t need to memorize the mechanisms… I think knowing two points is enough: first, the transaction price you see isn’t necessarily “market natural matching,” someone might be front-running by bundling; second, don’t be too naive when placing your own orders, especially when chasing prices, turn on slippage and MEV protection, don’t just use default parameters.

As for whether to study it enough to draw flowcharts? Forget it, in the end, all I do is ask: Will my order get sandwiched, roughly what’s the cost, can it be avoided? The more I think about it, the more I start to get sleepy.

By the way, recently there’s this “attention mining” thing with social mining and fan tokens… I no longer believe that just by boosting your presence you can mine long-term value. It might be lively for a while, but cash flow and retention still depend on the project itself. Anyway, I’ll keep being the one who decides at the last second.