On-chain this kind of "cutting in line," to put it simply, is when you just confirmed your transaction, and someone else pays extra money to push themselves ahead of you. The MEV profits don’t come out of thin air; most of it is siphoned from slow and eager traders like me... When slippage suddenly widens, the transaction price looks worse, and you think you just had bad luck, but in reality, you’ve been arranged. The biggest impact isn’t actually on the big players; they have tools and channels. The most unfortunate are small traders trying to catch the hype— the more anxious they are, the easier they get eaten up.

Recently, some regions keep tightening and loosening taxes and compliance rules, causing unpredictable inflow and outflow expectations. Everyone prefers to "enter and exit quickly," which makes the chain even more congested and front-running more aggressive, creating a vicious cycle. Anyway, I now either place slower orders or just don’t try to grab the first bite of the soup. If I lose, I’ll just take it as material for stories. I don’t need to be understood; I just don’t want to be treated as free liquidity anymore.