Mev

* Four Pillars’ Medium channel is a temporary channel before the official website launch, and all content in this post will be transferred to the official website once it is launched. * Author: Seongwan Park (@seongwan_eth) Reviewer: 100y (@100y_eth) 1. Introduction Ethereum and other rollup networks have been actively discussing how to…

In the previous articles, I discussed Ethereum's main problems like scalability, privacy, or censorship related to MEV and the developer’s remedies for that. Today we have to come back to all of that slightly because one of the main topics of the discussion around the Ethereum block currently is a…

This article is part of a series on MEV bot development. The goal of this series is to provide a step-by-step guide to develop an arbitrage bot. …

In the world of blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and cryptocurrencies, a seemingly intriguing concept called “MEV” has been gaining significant attention. MEV, which stands for “Miner Extractable Value,” refers to the hidden profits that miners can potentially obtain by manipulating or reordering transactions within a blockchain. While MEV can offer…

This article serves as a primer for a series about MEV bot development. In this series we will develop a MEV bot with moderate complexity. Most of the information provided only applies to Ethereum and EVM-compatible blockchains (BSC, Polygon, etc…) Some tricks and techniques presented in the series might still…

Makes you wonder, who’s working for whom? Photo by Abigail Miller on Unsplash TL;DR

Flash loans are a type of loan that allows users to borrow funds from a liquidity pool Flash loans are a type of loan that allows users to borrow funds from a liquidity pool within a single transaction, without any collateral or credit checks, as long as the borrowed amount is returned to the pool before the end of the transaction. Lets understand Flashloans with a help…

Demystifying The Lego of Decentralized Finance: How EigenTx Brings Transparency and Efficiency to On-Chain Transactions Blockchain technology makes financial transactions transparent and trustless. Understanding blockchain asset movement helps protocols improve product design and identify and mitigate risks. However, the composability of Smart Contact makes data analysts and regulators struggle to analyze blockchain transactions.

If you are a DeFi enthusiast or a blockchain developer, you must have heard about MEV, PBS, and sandwich attacks many times. Have you ever wondered what the principle is behind this “dark forest”? To fully understand the current PBS ecosystem (proposer-builder separation) and its underlying concept, we can approach…