Relay services like Flashbots enable off-chain transaction bundling to reduce generalized front-running, but introduce new forms of centralization in transaction flow control.

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Flashbots runs a service that allows Ethereum users and miners to communicate their preferred transaction order within a block
Flashbots... creates software that makes MEV tools available to retail investors—a move that it believes will level the playing field, reduce MEV profits and prevent the concentration of power.

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Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)

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