Last night I tested an early protocol. A pop-up prompted me to sign “approve”—I almost clicked it, but luckily I’ve got the habit of scanning the contract address first. Turned out it was a fake front-end: the real contract address was off by just two digits. In this kind of environment, on-chain front-running can’t outcompete MEV robots—so the “bandwagon” effect hits even phishing sites too, and they end up getting in on the arms race. The UI they fake looks more convincing than the real thing.

My dumb method: write my mnemonic phrase in three copies and stash each one in different places—never touch cloud notes. Revoke approvals right after they’re used; I’d rather pay a few extra bucks in gas. When I run into a new project, I first find the official dc to confirm the link, even if it costs five extra minutes. After all, the money is mine—getting sandwiched once is more painful than missing out a hundred times. That’s it for now—go revoke yesterday’s approval.