Lately, airdrop interactions really feel like the weather before a rainstorm: you think you're just going to get a little water, but the wind blows you even colder. My approach is pretty cautious—I first think clearly about how much "tuition" I'm willing to pay for this interaction, and if it exceeds that, I don't touch it; then I layer addresses—main addresses stay clean, test accounts try out freely, and before signing, I look at permissions more carefully—don't get excited and give away unlimited authorization... Honestly, I'd rather miss out on some gains than get caught off guard and lose everything in a reverse attack.

And now everyone complains that validators are overfed and MEV snatching is too fierce, which isn't without reason. For the same interaction, manually submitting it and having it squeezed into a block results in very different slippage experiences, and the fairness of transaction ordering is increasingly frustrating the more I think about it. Anyway, I now prefer to be a bit slower, choose less crowded times, set more conservative slippage, and avoid chasing hot topics like "the snapshot is coming soon."

My roommate also asked me: Aren't you tired of watching the mempool every day? I said yes, but at least it's more reliable than constantly refreshing the airdrop list... For now, that's how it is—staying alive longer is the most important thing.