These days, I've been caught in "sandwich" attacks on the chain a few times again. Honestly, at first I thought I had found some arbitrage opportunities and was eager to research, but the more I looked, the more it seemed like I was just paying others' fees: you think you're competing with the market, but you're actually racing against sorting algorithms and faster bots. Recently, everyone has been complaining about miner/validator income, MEV being too lucrative, and unfair sorting. Now I believe it... Anyway, the small slippage space for ordinary people isn't enough for them to bite down on.

Because of this, I unfollowed some accounts I used to follow that teach you how to find leaks. It's not that they necessarily deceive, but I realized that after following them for a while, my mindset gets influenced: I always feel like I’ll miss out if I don’t act, and the more I watch, the more anxious I become. Now I prefer to follow those who clearly explain the proposal text, stakeholders, and voting results—slower, but at least I know what costs I’m paying.