Flashbots was launched as an independent research and development organization with an aim to lessen the adverse effects of the Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) extraction.
Flashbots was launched as an independent research and development organization with an aim to lessen the adverse effects of the Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) extraction. At the same time, the organization works to avoid the existential risk MEV poses to a stateful blockchain such as Ethereum.
Making the MEV revenue public
Making the MEV activity transparent
Making the distribution of MEV revenue fair
Searchers look through the whole network for MEV opportunities. As they come across one, they launch the transaction protocol for that opportunity and upload this to the Flashbot server instead of broadcasting it to the whole Ethereum chain.
Then the Flashbots server comes into play. The bot transfers the transaction details to network miners, and a private auction takes place where miners bid on the transaction to build a block on it. Miners are also allowed to include non-MEV transactions from the public network to these blocks.
Flashbots is working to make the MEV public to execute its core goal of making the blockchain network transparent and permissionless. But the mechanism is not entirely transparent. The process of generating MEV is still a black box for users.
Furthermore, Flashbots is not the only solution to the MEV crisis. Several other networks have also launched their programs for the solution.
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