I just closed the image viewing software and checked a few "cut in line" transactions on the blockchain. The more I look, the more I think MEV, to put it simply, is about who can see first and who can insert first. The biggest impact isn't actually on the big players (they have their ways), but on ordinary people who casually click swap or place a floor price to buy in bulk: slippage gets eaten, transaction order is changed, and they think they're just slow on the trigger.

It's even more funny on the NFT side—just as the floor price bounces, someone queues up in advance and snatches your spot, and in the end, you only see "Sold Out," like trying to buy concert tickets. Recently, the attention shifts driven by memes and celebrity shoutouts are even more obvious. Newcomers get excited and rush in, but the worst case is ending up as the last liquidity provider... Anyway, I now prefer to go slower, buy in batches, and avoid squeezing in at the peak of the hype. That's all for now.