Today I was once again hit by that on-chain feeling of “cutting in line”… You think that clicking confirm means you’re in line, but in reality someone has already slipped a note in front of you. To put it plainly, MEV is not just “smart people making a little money,” more often it’s about gradually snatching away retail traders’ slippage and patience, until you finally feel “why did I get filled at a worse price again.” I just tried to swap a coin with 17 USDT, waited about 12 seconds, and even though the pool still looked fine, as soon as the block came in, I got snatched away, instantly shaking my mindset, almost wanting to leverage back to recover… The most feared trigger point during withdrawal is this kind of situation. Recently, the funding rate has also been extreme, with discussions in the group about whether to reverse or keep squeezing the bubble. I just consider myself the type most easily affected by “ordering”: trade less, use limit orders, and prefer to be slower. That’s all for now.