For the past two days, I’ve been fixated on MEV/ordering again and started acting a little immature: On-chain “cutting in line” isn’t really about who’s smarter—it’s about who’s closer to the teacher who set the questions. You think you just hit a swap in the DEX, but then someone in the lineup checks the answers first and slips in front of you, and that’s how your slippage and execution price get “squeezed” out. The biggest impact is actually on small retail traders and the stability of market makers’ quotes; everyone is forced to add even broader protections, so the experience gets worse. And in the end, on-chain feels… kind of… like rush-hour subway time plus ticket scalpers.

Lately, the group has kept circulating rumors about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging, and once the emotions kick in, everything becomes even more sensitive: on one side, afraid of getting cut in line and wiped out; on the other, afraid the peg might suddenly loosen. Anyway, if I can use limit orders, I won’t use market orders—I’d rather take longer to get filled than be that tiny blot of ink in someone else’s profit.