π¨ What is MEV and why should you care?
Every time you trade on-chain, someone might be profitingβbecause you did it.
Letβs break down MEV like youβre in the room with the alpha π
π MEV = Maximal Extractable Value
Itβs the hidden value block builders extract by reordering, inserting, or excluding transactions in a block.
They donβt just process your txnsβthey optimize them for their profit
π Imagine this:
Youβre buying concert tickets online.
You click βBuy.β
Suddenly someone jumps ahead, buys first, and relists the same ticket for 2x.
On Ethereum, that scalper is a bot.
And the checkout queue? The mempool.
π₯ Three main types of MEV:
1οΈβ£ Frontrunning β A bot sees your trade, buys first, you get worse pricing.
2οΈβ£ Backrunning β A bot sells after your trade to profit from your price impact.
3οΈβ£ Sandwiching β You get sandwiched between both and pay the price.
βΈ»
π§ How?
Validators (or block builders) decide which txns get included and in what order.
They donβt always pick whatβs fairβthey pick whatβs profitable.
This has created a whole MEV economy:
β’ π§βπ» Searchers (find opportunities)
β’ π§± Builders (create MEV-rich blocks)
β’ β Validators (choose highest-paying blocks)
β οΈ Not all MEV is evil
Some MEV (like backrunning arbitrage) actually helps DEXs stay in sync.
But toxic MEVβlike sandwichingβharms users, clogs the network, and concentrates power.
π§ Can we fix MEV?
Innovations are in progress:
β’ π‘ Private & encrypted mempools
β’ π Fair ordering protocols
β’ πΈ Order Flow Auctions (where users get paid MEV)
But itβs an arms race.
βΈ»
π§© Bottom line:
MEV is baked into the architecture of blockchains.
We canβt remove itβbut we can choose who benefits.
π«΅ Will MEV fund the next generation of validators and botsβor the users who drive the chain?
π¬ Thoughts? Drop your take π
Every time you trade on-chain, someone might be profitingβbecause you did it.
Letβs break down MEV like youβre in the room with the alpha π
π MEV = Maximal Extractable Value
Itβs the hidden value block builders extract by reordering, inserting, or excluding transactions in a block.
They donβt just process your txnsβthey optimize them for their profit
π Imagine this:
Youβre buying concert tickets online.
You click βBuy.β
Suddenly someone jumps ahead, buys first, and relists the same ticket for 2x.
On Ethereum, that scalper is a bot.
And the checkout queue? The mempool.
π₯ Three main types of MEV:
1οΈβ£ Frontrunning β A bot sees your trade, buys first, you get worse pricing.
2οΈβ£ Backrunning β A bot sells after your trade to profit from your price impact.
3οΈβ£ Sandwiching β You get sandwiched between both and pay the price.
βΈ»
π§ How?
Validators (or block builders) decide which txns get included and in what order.
They donβt always pick whatβs fairβthey pick whatβs profitable.
This has created a whole MEV economy:
β’ π§βπ» Searchers (find opportunities)
β’ π§± Builders (create MEV-rich blocks)
β’ β Validators (choose highest-paying blocks)
β οΈ Not all MEV is evil
Some MEV (like backrunning arbitrage) actually helps DEXs stay in sync.
But toxic MEVβlike sandwichingβharms users, clogs the network, and concentrates power.
π§ Can we fix MEV?
Innovations are in progress:
β’ π‘ Private & encrypted mempools
β’ π Fair ordering protocols
β’ πΈ Order Flow Auctions (where users get paid MEV)
But itβs an arms race.
βΈ»
π§© Bottom line:
MEV is baked into the architecture of blockchains.
We canβt remove itβbut we can choose who benefits.
π«΅ Will MEV fund the next generation of validators and botsβor the users who drive the chain?
π¬ Thoughts? Drop your take π
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π₯ Linea is heating up β hereβs your alpha:
β’ Tokenomics & gov proposal is nearly through legal
β’ Airdrop eligibility checker is next
β’ Beta v2 launches on mainnet within a month
β’ Limitless Prover = elite L2 performance
β’ Pectra fork & L2BEAT Stage 1 in Q3
β’ New dev ecosystem hub incoming
This upgrade cycle could front-run a major wave.
Get ready. π
Source: https://x.com/DeclanFox14/status/1925560404874313878
β’ Tokenomics & gov proposal is nearly through legal
β’ Airdrop eligibility checker is next
β’ Beta v2 launches on mainnet within a month
β’ Limitless Prover = elite L2 performance
β’ Pectra fork & L2BEAT Stage 1 in Q3
β’ New dev ecosystem hub incoming
This upgrade cycle could front-run a major wave.
Get ready. π
Source: https://x.com/DeclanFox14/status/1925560404874313878
π₯ Mitosis is 69% of the way to TGE? π
This isnβt just a bridge β itβs aiming to be the liquidity backbone of the modular chain era.
Why Iβm farming $MITO:
β’ Cross-chain infra
β’ High airdrop probability
β’ Smart money rotating in
π Watch this closely. Percent to TGE = on-chain countdown.
π§ Donβt fade early L2 infra plays.
This isnβt just a bridge β itβs aiming to be the liquidity backbone of the modular chain era.
Why Iβm farming $MITO:
β’ Cross-chain infra
β’ High airdrop probability
β’ Smart money rotating in
π Watch this closely. Percent to TGE = on-chain countdown.
π§ Donβt fade early L2 infra plays.
π¨ New drop on Solana: @stayloudio
Backed by Yu Hu and Kaito Yap.
Built on Solana. Powered by @KaitoAI.
Led by @0x_ultra, hyped by @Punk9277.
π Visit: https://yaps.kaito.ai/user
π Input your Solana address on your Kaito profile.
π’ Yappers are making the Loudest noise.
This smells like early airdrop meta.
More updates coming soon π«‘
Backed by Yu Hu and Kaito Yap.
Built on Solana. Powered by @KaitoAI.
Led by @0x_ultra, hyped by @Punk9277.
π Visit: https://yaps.kaito.ai/user
π Input your Solana address on your Kaito profile.
π’ Yappers are making the Loudest noise.
This smells like early airdrop meta.
More updates coming soon π«‘
If you donβt own $HYPE, why?
Not trolling β genuinely want to hear the bear thesis.
What are you seeing that the frothy crowd isnβt?
π§ Tokenomics? Timing? Team?
π Drop your take.
Not trolling β genuinely want to hear the bear thesis.
What are you seeing that the frothy crowd isnβt?
π§ Tokenomics? Timing? Team?
π Drop your take.