Back-running as an MEV tactic involves placing a transaction immediately after a large, market-moving transaction to benefit from predictable price movement.

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MEV also introduces challenges through strategies like front-running, backrunning, and sandwich attacks—practices that, while profitable for those who deploy them, can undermine user trust and market integrity.

Some methods of MEV extraction, like back-running, result in a worse experience for the user.

Another common extraction technique is back-running, which occurs when a miner places a sell order after noticing a large buy order

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Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)