Today I was again staring at that on-chain "seems pretty stable arbitrage," just as I reached out, slippage kicked in, and I got caught in a sandwich... Honestly, you think it's an opportunity, but often it's just giving others a fee + serving as a liquidity background. It's like waiting in line at a buffet but also like having your pocket casually picked—really absurd.

The recent cross-chain bridge theft also made me more cautious. When there's a problem on the bridge, the arbitrage path instantly turns into a "surprise box." And when oracles occasionally glitch and report strange prices, everyone's first reaction in the group isn't to rush but to "wait for confirmation." I now accept this consensus: don't rush to be the smart one, because if too many are smart, I end up paying tuition as a contrarian indicator. Anyway, I’ll hold back for now and not let myself become someone else's next trade.