Just woke up and checked the blockchain, still that familiar smell: you think you've clicked "Trade," but in front of the order book you're just a line number... MEV front-running, to be honest, not only snatches from retail traders, but also pushes market makers and normal arbitrage traders to the side, causing slippage, failures, and fees to be burned away, ultimately raising everyone's costs. What's even more frustrating is that you have no idea who you're losing to, only seeing the words "Trade Failed."

Recently, there's been talk about social mining and fan tokens, attention as mining sounds pretty mysterious, but on the chain, it’s more like: the more attention and excitement, the happier the front-runners are. Anyway, I’d rather make fewer moves, set a slippage limit, not chase hot trends, and if I miss out, I miss out... Arbitrage is really better than sleeping, no kidding.