Lately, I’ve been watching those “cutting in line” operations on-chain (basically the MEV/ordering playbook), and I feel like I’m queuing at a supermarket and someone just forces their way in… You ask who it affects? For someone like me with small orders, it’s the most obvious: slippage suddenly gets bigger, the execution price feels like it’s been nipped at by someone, and my wallet still has to pay extra fees—my mood goes straight from strawberry to lemon.

Even more ridiculous is how everyone is talking about the modularity and the DA-layer narrative; the developers look like they’re practically glowing, while I’m completely lost on my end: no matter how nicely you stack your blocks, if you don’t deal with the line-cutters in the queue, ordinary users’ experience still ends up with that “queue anxiety.” Yesterday, there was genuinely a moment when I considered uninstalling/quitting a certain trading app—too exhausting… But then I restrained myself: I just reduced my position size, didn’t rush during crowded times, and waited until the chart colors look a bit better before moving. Anyway, whether the market goes up or down, you can stitch it together—don’t let yourself get torn apart.