MEVTeaBreak

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After understanding MEV, learn to pause and have a cup of tea. Focus on block building, sandwiching, and protecting transactions; the tone is laid-back, but the opinions are firm.
Recently, I saw someone complain again that on-chain data tools/label systems are "slow to respond" and "easily influenced by hype." In fact, it's quite similar to the oracle price feeds: a delay of a few minutes, which seems harmless when the market is stable, but during sharp fluctuations, the liquidation line can suddenly become "You thought you were just a little short, but the next second you're gone." Basically, you're not risking the volatility itself, but the time lag.
What's more annoying is that slow price feeds don't always just cause you to lose out; sometimes they also allow certa
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I feel that retail investors really don't need to research block builders and bundling to the point of writing papers... Just knowing that "transactions don't necessarily get included in blocks in the order you send them" and that some people bundle a bunch of transactions together (sometimes even sneaking yours in) is enough. The more advanced strategies, auction details, sound nice but are mostly unnecessary in practice.
I personally focus on two things: first, don't open large amounts/slippage recklessly; second, use protected channels when possible (private relays, RPC, etc.), and don't bl
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