This article will discuss the topic of MEV bots, which are a series of individuals who exploit powerful hardware and specially designed techniques to make a profit in the business of producing blocks in the Ethereum blockchain.
This is a very complex topic, and an initial introduction to the topic of block validation in Ethereum is necessary again to be able to understand what MEV bots are and why it is interesting to talk about them.
All the details below.
An initial premise: the role of the validator and searchers
As anticipated, before talking about MEV bots on Ethereum it is essential to have a 360-degree view of how block validation and publishing works on the blockchain devised by Vitalik Buterin.
While it is understood that MEV techniques can also be used on other networks, in this article we will focus exclusively on the Ethereum chain so as not to create confusion.
On it, all transactions are initially grouped in the mempool, waiting to be grouped and added to a block, before
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