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Intern Breakdown #2: MEV
Fascinating evolution in the MEV game on Solana.
Jito now allows users to request their transactions not be sandwiched in a bundle. But they can still be sorta sandwiched, doing what's called a "blind" or "wide" sandwich, where the sandwicher basically YOLOs the backrun within 50-300ms after the frontrun. They take more risk that something happens... See more
The rise of Flashbots has sprouted an interest in MEV among the entire Web3 ecosystem. Competitors have appeared in Ethereum, such as Manifold , which competes with Flashbots in the block-building space with non-compliant OFAC blocks.
Gonzalo Hirsch • Enter the MEV Void: the Rise of Flashbots
