I keep seeing people talk about block builders and bundles, and it sounds like mysticism… Even I, who mainly look at art NFTs, end up having to catch up on it. Straight to the point: retail investors only need to know this much—when you send a transaction, it may not go straight into a block. It could be “bundled” by someone and conveniently slipped into a chain of operations. Then you get slippage, you end up getting squeezed into someone else’s sequence, and the executed price is different from what you expected. Don’t rush to blame your wallet for being “broken.” What you can do is basically a few things: don’t force the trade when liquidity is thin, split important transactions into multiple parts, use protection/private routing if you can, and give yourself fewer opportunities to be watched. As for deeper stuff like searching for packages and bidding strategies—I’ve read into it, and my takeaway is basically one line: the market is fighting over that little bit of certainty you have. By the way, I’m also sick of the takes about ETF fund flows and US stock risk appetite—like, it’s as if as long as one side sneezes, the other side gets a fever… Anyway, I’m going to move slower; I’d rather miss out than get carried away by emotions. You guys too.