After I muted the group, my mind suddenly felt a lot clearer. Before that, I’d been doom-scrolling “builder, bundle, front-running” every day, and it was making me anxious—like if I didn’t understand, the market would just chew me up.

Later, I thought about it: retail traders only need to know roughly enough. When you place an order, it doesn’t necessarily go straight onto the chain. Sometimes it gets bundled into a whole blob and routed through some backchannel or smuggling-style pathway, and the execution order isn’t something you get to decide. So don’t be overly trusting of the belief that “if I post an order, it will definitely get filled at that price.”

If you really want to do anything, there are only two things: don’t randomly click unknown links / grant authorization to anything sketchy, and don’t impulsively chase after assets when liquidity is thin. As for the rest… let’s be honest—it’s basically accepting that you’re watching from the stands.

Airdrop season is pretty wild too. The task platform is anti-bot plus a points system, and “farming rewards” feels like showing up to work and clocking in. I’ve just kept it chill: DCA, take notes, and that’s it.