MEV
MarketsDefinition
Maximal Extractable Value. Profit available to validators / block proposers from reordering, including, or excluding transactions in the blocks they produce. Examples: front-running DEX trades, sandwich attacks, arbitrage between DEX prices.
~$300M+ extracted on Ethereum since the merge. Searchers compete for MEV via Flashbots-style auctions. Now structurally split between "MEV-Boost" (block builders) and validators.
~$300M+ extracted on Ethereum since the merge. Searchers compete for MEV via Flashbots-style auctions. Now structurally split between "MEV-Boost" (block builders) and validators.