Recently, the group has been sharing charts about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and who is trying to de-peg, with a lot of people getting emotional. Frankly, retail investors don't need to understand block builders and bundling to the point of being able to write protocols by hand; just knowing that "your transaction might not be included in the block in the order you want" is enough: after you click confirm, it might be packed first, inserted later, or even front-run, especially in small pools with low liquidity.

My bottom line is two points: don't use mindless market orders, and don't set too large slippage; if you really need to swap a large amount, split the order or use limit orders, don't reveal your intentions on-chain. As for who the builder is and how the bundle is assembled, it's good to understand more, but it doesn't have as much practical guidance as you might think.

I'm not regretful about the outcome, but about knowing it could be "arranged" and still not setting parameters out of laziness; then later going back to the block explorer to find the reason—pretty stupid... Anyway, just focus on controlling what you can.