The pursuit of MEV profits has introduced high-frequency trading dynamics into blockchain networks, driving the deployment of latency-optimized infrastructure and competitive searcher strategies.

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Some groups are working to use this activity for good. Flashbots runs a service that allows Ethereum users and miners to communicate their preferred transaction order within a block. This is meant to be a 'fair ecosystem for efficient MEV extraction.

Think of Worsley’s small operation as a crypto version of what high-frequency trading hedge funds like Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial do in traditional stock market

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Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)