Just took a look at the node distribution chart for a certain new L1, and I’m a bit anxious again 😅. Can the people building the chain at least spell out the sorting rules clearly before they start handing out incentives? … There are so many people in the group rushing in to mine and then sell; honestly, I’m a little jealous, but I’m also afraid I might end up being the one that gets sandwiched.

MEV, put simply, is cutting in line on-chain. Ordinary users are basically competing with bots for transactions—like fighting to get on the subway during the morning rush. They’ve got VIP lanes, and you can only force your way in. A couple of days ago I saw an older guy complain that his swap got sandwiched twice, and the fees burned through half a month’s worth of meals. That’s not decentralization at all—this is line-cutting, queue-jumping freedom.

When a new chain is pulling in TVL, they always say it’s a fair launch. But who holds the ordering power? The validator or the sequencer? Anyway, ordinary users are the last link. I’m not trying to be a doomsayer, but every time I see the word “fair,” I automatically get the urge to check the consensus details… Anyway, that’s how it is for now. I’ll wait until this wave of fomo passes to see whether the node distribution stays stable. In any case, my principle is: if I can’t understand the sorting rules, I won’t touch the chain.