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Working on task platforms lately feels a bit like clocking in for a job: every day it’s like a meeting-style scroll through posts, sign your name, click through a few interactions, and then you also have to worry about getting cut off in one slash by “witches.” If your score drops too low, you get nothing… To be blunt, it’s not the actions themselves that tire you out—it’s the exhaustion of the “being reviewed” feeling. Over on L2, it’s the same every day: verbal sparring, comparing TPS, fees, and subsidies. Sure, it’s lively, but watching it makes me want to go for a slow jog for a couple of

Recently, I’ve been seeing discussions about MEV/ordering—basically, it means that someone on the chain can “cut in line.”
I used to think that was pretty far from me, but later I tried to snatch a mint or swap a coin on L2. Even though I wasn’t tapping slowly, the execution price still felt like it got casually bumped up by someone… That’s when it hit me: most of the people who get hurt are small retail traders—spend a bit more on slippage, wait a few more blocks, and the experience instantly turns worse.
What’s even more awkward is that, while developers are buzzing about modularization