Recently browsing the blockchain, seeing others talk about “sandwich” and “arbitrage” as if they’re just picking up money—honestly, what you’re really seeing are opportunities, but many times it’s actually you paying the fees to others… I used to love chasing explanations: why this one got sandwiched, and why that one’s slippage flew off. Now I don’t chase explanations anymore. I accept randomness—if I make money, then it’s luck; if I lose money, then it’s tuition.

Especially recently, phishing links have been popping up more frequently, hardware wallets are out of stock, and everyone’s security awareness has suddenly been turned up to the max—but in trading, things can get looser instead: a little slippage here and there, a confirmation a bit too fast, and you get treated as “liquidity” being eaten. Anyway, I’d rather make fewer trades now than be just a +1 in someone else’s bot logs. That’s it for now.