Recently, everyone has started talking about block builders, bundles, MEV, and so on. To be honest, retail investors don't need to force themselves to become researchers. You only need to remember two points: first, the transactions you see are not necessarily "market natural matching"; sometimes they are a set of actions packaged by others and inserted into the block; second, if your transaction is too "delicious" (high slippage, chasing highs and selling lows), it’s more likely to be used as material.

So my approach has always been very simple: avoid blindly rushing with default parameters on the chain, use limit orders instead of market orders when possible, and don’t set too wide a slippage; if you don’t understand, use relatively reliable routing/protection options, at least don’t put yourself on the chopping block. As for "how exactly to assemble a bundle" or "which builder is worse"… honestly, knowing doesn’t change the fact that you’re at a disadvantage the moment you hit confirm.

By the way, seeing social mining and fan tokens become popular again, I just want to laugh more: attention is mining? Maybe, but most of the time it’s "your attention being mined." Tired but still here, anyway I’ll keep being the spoilsport.