Lately, checking on-chain transactions has been a bit tiring, but I’m still watching... To put it simply, MEV/ordering is just a small difference of “who gets packaged first,” used by people as a tool to cut in line. You think that pressing confirm puts you in line, but someone might add a tip or use a smarter method to push you to the back, which could result in larger slippage, worse execution, or even that your trade isn’t profitable at all.

The biggest impact usually isn’t from large traders, but from ordinary users who are too lazy to adjust parameters or don’t understand what’s happening. Especially recently, some new L1/L2s are incentivizing to attract TVL, and veteran users complain about “mining, selling,” which I understand: on one side, liquidity is being siphoned off by incentives, and on the other side, there are people inserting themselves in line to arbitrage, making the experience very fragmented.

My current approach is very simple: avoid chasing during big volatility, prefer to execute more slowly; use limit orders/protective slippage when possible, at least to avoid being “the one optimized against.” Don’t get carried away when prices rise, don’t panic when they fall, just stick to this for now.