Recently I keep hearing people talk about blockchain builders, bundles, MEV and so on. Honestly, as a stable-minded retail investor, I don’t need to study to the point of being able to write code. I think knowing three things is enough: First, your transaction isn’t necessarily added to the chain in the order you submit it; someone will “pack and reorder” it in the middle. Second, don’t place large orders in small pools randomly; the slippage and the risk of being front-run will look even worse. Third, if you can use a default reliable wallet/router, don’t tinker manually; the more you tinker, the more it looks like you’re just delivering food to others.

And recently, the testnet incentives and points system have heated up again. The group is guessing every day whether the mainnet will issue tokens… I also get itchy, but I need to be reminded: points are not profits, bundles are not some mystical talisman, don’t expose your principal to strange contracts just for those expectations. Anyway, I just check the staking yield twice a day to finish my homework, and keep things simple where I can.