On The Brink: Matt Cutler on Making Sense of Mempools

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transaction.js
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export const getTransaction = (transactionHash) => {

axios.post("https://api.blocknative.com/transaction",

{

apiKey: "key",

hash: transactionHash,

blockchain: "ethereum",

network: "main"

})

.then((response) => {

return (response.data)

})

.catch((error) => {

alert(error)

errorHandler(error)

})

}

USDT-ETH Uniswap

{

"status": "confirmed",

"monitorId": "GETH_1_F_PROD",

"monitorVersion": "0.82.2",

"timePending": "18769",

"blocksPending": 2,

"v": "0x26",

"r":"0x6a87323ebea105a7f2e8311294aea718a185f9f6d264c1f3b1f61082c4666076",
"s": "0x32511db119370e26893135d1e87e2cb2fdfe524aca4e8edb795ffdf3c353fc6f",

USDT-ETH Uniswap

{

"status": "confirmed",

"monitorId": "GETH_1_F_PROD",

"monitorVersion": "0.82.2",

"timePending": "18769",

"blocksPending": 2,

"pendingTimeStamp": "2021-04-29T16:43:07.754Z",

"pendingBlockNumber": 12336509,

"hash":
"0x85a508acceb3cc21b129affa3c47d8ab7aebf9dbaade58ff802d2239d5f9d46c",

"from": "0x977A553DCf6025C876375706F2B98818414910dA",

"to": "0x7a250d5630B4cF539739dF2C5dAcb4c659F2488D",

"value": "0",

"gas": 197838,

"gasPrice": "104000000000",

"gasPriceGwei": 104,

"nonce": 2148,

"blockHash": "0x931e057c93e8b752fb2f2c35aa144bd8e1442000db923edc381360cf02a8d8fe",

"blockNumber": 12336511,

"transactionIndex": 49,

"v": "0x26",

"r":"0x6a87323ebea105a7f2e8311294aea718a185f9f6d264c1f3b1f61082c4666076",
"s": "0x32511db119370e26893135d1e87e2cb2fdfe524aca4e8edb795ffdf3c353fc6f",

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USDT-ETH Uniswap

{

"status": "confirmed",

"monitorId": "GETH_1_F_PROD",

"monitorVersion": "0.82.2",

"timePending": "18769",

"blocksPending": 2,

"pendingTimeStamp": "2021-04-29T16:43:07.754Z",

"pendingBlockNumber": 12336509,

"hash":
"0x85a508acceb3cc21b129affa3c47d8ab7aebf9dbaade58ff802d2239d5f9d46c",

"from": "0x977A553DCf6025C876375706F2B98818414910dA",

"to": "0x7a250d5630B4cF539739dF2C5dAcb4c659F2488D",

"value": "0",

"gas": 197838,

"gasPrice": "104000000000",

"gasPriceGwei": 104,

"nonce": 2148,

"blockHash": "0x931e057c93e8b752fb2f2c35aa144bd8e1442000db923edc381360cf02a8d8fe",

"blockNumber": 12336511,

"transactionIndex": 49,

"v": "0x26",

"r":"0x6a87323ebea105a7f2e8311294aea718a185f9f6d264c1f3b1f61082c4666076",
"s": "0x32511db119370e26893135d1e87e2cb2fdfe524aca4e8edb795ffdf3c353fc6f",

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Blocknative introducing a new way to get gas price estimation, using block prediction instead of time estimates.

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If you’re a builder or user of DeFi protocols and you aren’t paying attention to the mempool, you’re flying blind.

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@blocknative are masters of the mempool - the most opaque yet critical step in processing a blockchain transaction

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