Maximal Extractable Value — value miners or validators can extract by reordering, including, or excluding transactions in a block. Common forms include front-running, sandwich attacks, and arbitrage. Ethereum MEV is professionalized via Flashbots; Solana MEV is concentrated among Jito-aware validators. MEV is a cost to ordinary users that funds searcher infrastructure.
MEV
Maximal Extractable Value — value miners or validators can extract by reordering, including, or excluding transactions in a block. Common forms include front-running, sandwich attacks, and arbitrage. Ethereum MEV is professionalized via Flashbots; Solana MEV is concentrated among Jito-aware validators. MEV is a cost to ordinary users that funds searcher infrastructure.
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