I set a rule for myself: when it comes to block builders and bundles and all that, retail investors only need to understand what “kind of scam” they might run into—don’t push yourself into becoming a half researcher. Put simply, just remember two things: don’t blindly pick routes, and before executing, check the slippage and the actual amount you’ll receive—don’t trust the “perfect fills” the page draws for you. As for who the builder is or how the bundle gets inserted into the block… I treat that as a black box. What I can do is try to use private/protected routing as much as possible, or simply fight less over those few scraps in a bad pool.

Haven’t people been arguing lately about how the tag system for on-chain data tools is lagging, and that it can end up misleading you? I’m even less willing to decide based on tags like whether an address is “good” or “bad.” I’d rather wait a little longer, chase fewer trades, and avoid becoming the kind of victim a sandwich attack benefits from. Anyway, if I see a pool that clearly smells like a trap, I back out, curse once, and move on to the next order.