I watched the funding rate all night, and once I had some free time, I saw a lot of people asking whether block builders and bundles really need to be understood.

Honestly, retail users don’t need to know too much. Understand what bundle means, and at most understand that others may be able to squeeze your transaction in—nothing more is needed. In plain terms: when you interact on-chain, an orderer or an MEV bot may “read” it; then they can front-run or cut in line, and your slippage gets bigger. Knowing this risk, setting your slippage, and not using overly naive public trading strategies is better than anything else.

Recently I’ve been seeing people say that hardware wallets are out of stock, and I actually think it’s a good thing—it shows people’s security awareness has increased. But don’t just rush to grab devices; clicking a phishing link on a whim will all be for nothing. In any case, before I do anything on-chain lately, I take another look, and I clean up contract approvals regularly. I’d rather be slower than be greedy for that little bit of gas.

Watching the charts late at night can make you anxious, but discipline matters more than anything. That’s it for now—back to monitoring the funding rate.