In the morning, I looked for my phone charger for a long time, and suddenly I thought that the on-chain "queue jumping" is the same: you think you're waiting in line to pay, but someone with a thicker cable plugs in first. MEV, in simple terms, is about monetizing the ordering rights; the biggest impact is actually on regular traders swapping coins and small arbitrageurs, who get slightly more slippage or get squeezed, which is really uncomfortable. Market makers and high-frequency traders are more like racing against the rules, whoever understands the matching/packing logic better has the advantage.

Recently, with the wave of cross-chain bridge hacks, I see many people subconsciously waiting for confirmation before acting, and that abnormal quote from the oracle last time also scared everyone with PTSD... but increasing confirmations only reduces the chance of accidents; unfair ordering will still happen if it’s going to. Anyway, I now avoid leverage whenever I can, set limit orders whenever possible, and don’t treat myself as a guinea pig.