Ridiculous! Robots burning $1 million in Gas just to steal a few cents from Vitalik?

The crypto world is never short of absurd news.
But recently, this one has become so outrageous it sounds like a joke.
An MEV robot, in order to snatch a few cents profit from Vitalik Buterin's transaction, actually spent over a million dollars in Gas fees.
Netizens fell silent after reading:
"Even Wall Street would have to call the police."
The story is actually very simple.
The robot detected a small transaction in Vitalik's wallet, then launched a "sandwich attack."
In theory:
Buy ahead,
Then sell afterward,
Profit from the spread in between.
But here’s the problem.
Countless robots on the chain are simultaneously watching Vitalik.
So everyone started wildly bidding up Gas.
Eventually, a bizarre scene emerged:
A group of robots raising prices like抢座 at a nightclub.
In the end, the profit was only a few dollars,
But they burned $1 million in Gas.
This operation can be described as:
"To pick up spare change, they casually burned a mansion."
But even more terrifying is that this actually shows the competition on the ETH chain has become insane.
In the past, MEV was about arbitrage.
Now it’s like high-frequency warfare.
If you're not fast enough,
Not ruthless enough,
Or even not "crazy" enough,
You can't make money.
So a new species has appeared in the market:
"Suicidal robots."
Profit isn't important,
They just blow up opponents' Gas first.
Many people ask:
"Why is Ethereum Gas always so expensive?"
Because what’s happening on the chain is a financial version of "Fast & Furious."
What you see are transfers,
Robots see a battlefield.
And even more interestingly,
Vitalik himself has always opposed MEV.
But the ones who watch him the most are precisely MEV robots.
The reason is very practical:
Everyone assumes Vitalik’s wallet "won't lie."
So as soon as he moves,
Robots act like sharks smelling blood.
Now the funniest comment has appeared:
"Vitalik isn’t a person, he’s an on-chain traffic portal."
And the real signal behind this is actually very dangerous.
As on-chain competition becomes more extreme,
Gas prices soar,
Ordinary users find it harder and harder to participate.
Eventually, a situation may form:
Retail investors pay the transaction fees,
Robots make the profits.
If ETH is to truly achieve large-scale adoption in the future,
The MEV problem will have to be solved sooner or later.
Otherwise, everyone will eventually realize:
The most active on-chain are not humans,
But a group of robots burning each other 24/7.