I just recklessly clicked on a swap again, and only after clicking did I realize the execution price felt like someone yanked it a little… I just laughed—laughed at myself: what you see as an “arbitrage opportunity,” others see as the “dinner plus a chicken leg” fee. As for this sandwich thing, plain and simple, it’s you walking around in the open while other people cut in front of you or behind you, casually picking up your slippage as pocket money.

I used to be confident: I can move bricks too! But after looking more closely at things on-chain, I finally understood—those little orders from retail traders are often more like bait for “selling the spread”… Anyway, now I only try small amounts, and if I can set a limit price, I do. When I see pools with thin liquidity, I just dodge them.

Lately, they’re adding taxes over there and the compliance buzz is getting tighter over here. With expectations for deposits and withdrawals changing in an instant, the whole on-chain market has become instantly more sensitive—gas and slippage both go off the rails together. For someone like me who’s addicted to scraping for yield, what I fear most isn’t missing out—it’s my quick hands turning into someone else’s KPI. That’s it for now. I’m not going for it tonight—tie my hands first.