These days, the on-chain "queue-jumping contest" has started again. I just want to quietly swap some coins / do a small transaction, but I get a bunch of spam transactions pushed in, and in the end, either I pay more gas or my transaction gets squeezed out at a worse price. Honestly, MEV isn't some mysterious thing; it's just about who can better grab the transaction order, and the small profit margin is often extracted from ordinary people's slippage and failed transactions.

What's more annoying is that when the funding rate hits an extreme, people in the group start arguing whether it's "about to reverse" or "just more bubble squeezing," but look at all those front-running/sniping bots on-chain. When emotions run high, it's even easier to harvest... I treat complexity as an enemy; if I can avoid complicated paths, I avoid them. If I can set a limit order, I set a limit. I'd rather be slow than send a meal to queue-jumpers. For now, let's leave it at that—can we stop messing with gas?