I almost sent myself away just now… When I copied the address, I accidentally added an extra character. Only in the split second when the wallet popup appeared did I realize it, so I quickly backed out—I felt a chill in my palm. Seriously, people shouldn’t overestimate their own focus.

Let me recap that truly bad loss from the day before yesterday: I saw a large amount of funds flowing back on-chain, so I rushed to chase it. But I ignored the pool depth, and my slippage was set too “confidently.” I ended up consuming through all my placed orders in one go, and the executed average price ended up being a slice worse than the price spread I had in mind. To put it plainly, it wasn’t the market that坑’d me—it was that I was moving too fast with my order timing. I could have split it into two or three trades, tested the depth first, or even waited for one or two blocks to confirm whether the funds were still there.

More recently, I have to be even more careful about that whole “incentives for new L1/L2 to boost TVL” scheme. The flavor of mining, selling, and dumping is way too strong. The liquidity looks lively, but the moment you step in with your own foot, slippage will teach you a lesson. From now on, I’m going to be more disciplined: check the depth first, then set the slippage—don’t get carried away and place “all-in” style orders just because you’re excited… If I mess up, I’ll correct it. That’s it for now.