I’ve also been catching up on “block builder/packaging,” but let’s be real: retail investors really don’t need to force themselves to become engineers. Just know three things: what you send out may not go straight into the block—it could get clipped in the middle; if you want it fast, don’t keep using “wait-and-see” pricing; and also, don’t get itchy the moment you see an on-chain opportunity to chase—especially those sudden price jumps. Eight times out of ten, someone is queuing ahead of you.

In the past couple of days, cross-chain bridges have been acting up again, plus an “wait for confirmation” consensus caused by oracle errors—these actually point to the same thing: on-chain, things can also get stuck, and it can also act like it’s dead. My approach is pretty cautious: when it’s late at night and I feel like making a move, I first check the MEV (whether people are front-running/those “sandwich” tactics), and if it’s intense, I place fewer orders—or I just wait for the next signal… Anyway, the next day I often change my plan.