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  • MEV
    MEV Protection: How to avoid front-running and sandwiching bots

    Listen to this post:   In the world of DeFi, transaction anxiety is a genuine concern—particularly when it involves high-value transactions. Many traders have experienced the unsettling feeling of uncertainty as they await the settlement of their ...
  • MEV
    Exploring Order Flow Auctions (OFAs), MEV, and the Fair Distribution of Economic Opportunities

    Listen to this post:   Order Flow Auctions (OFAs) are quickly gaining popularity in the Ethereum ecosystem. These systems are designed to help end users benefit from the economic opportunities their transactions create for others in MEV (Maximal ...
  • MEV
    What is MEV Sandwiching?

    Listen to this post:   Sandwiching represents a single category under the overarching classification of Maximal Extracted Value (MEV)—the value derived from transaction inclusion and ordering. This value is not only lucrative for the MEV searcher, ...
  • MEV
    The Economics of MEV - Bell Curve Podcast Recap

    This episode of Bell Curve features a discussion between Hasu and Blocknative CEO and co-founder Matt Cutler around the MEV supply chain, the economics of relays and builders, and the potential impact of account abstraction on the Ethereum ecosystem.
  • MEV
    The Future of MEV: Smoothing vs Burning vs Sharing

    Listen to this post: Your browser does not support the audio element.   Since the explosion of DeFi in the summer of 2020, MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) has continued to grow as a force in the Ethereum ecosystem. Toxic forms of MEV—such as ...
  • MEV
    Latency Wars: The Constant Fight for Lower Latency

    The faster you receive data, the faster you can act... and the better your edge. From the early days of Wall Street to high-frequency trading plus other historical examples, we can learn from the past. Hundreds of millions have been spent on network ...
  • Validators
    Crypto taxes: an advanced look for validators, stakers and investors

    In preparation for crypto tax season, Blocknative CMO John Jefferies sat down with Pat White, the CEO of crypto accounting firm Bitwave, to take a deep dive on the latest on everything validators, stakers, MEV searchers, and crypto traders need to ...
  • Validators
    Preparing for Shanghai + Capella (Shapella): What Validators Need to Know

    TL;DR: It is necessary for ALL validators to upgrade their clients with the latest versions. See the “Upgrading Your Clients” section for relevant links. Some validators will also need to assign a withdrawal address. See the “Withdrawal Addresses” ...
  • MEV
    Understanding the 4337 MEV Supply Chain

    I recently published a breakdown of how the adoption of ERC-4337 will impact the current MEV supply chain on Ethereum. If you are interested in diving deeper into the world of ERC-4337 and MEV, you can read the full post on HackMD.
  • Web3 Onboard
    Metamask Won't Connect? Best Practices for Web3 Wallet Troubleshooting

    Where Is My Web3 Wallet?! Have you ever had funds in a browser wallet like MetaMask, Trust, Coinbase Wallet, etc, gone to connect to a dapp, then seen that either the address or balance is wrong or, worse yet, you fail to see your wallet as an ...
  • Ethereum Featured erc4337
    Introductory Guide to Account Abstraction (ERC-4337)

    It’s easy to understand why the concept of Account Abstraction has enveloped the Ethereum community since the release of ERC-4337. It promises a whole new, easier way to interact with the Ethereum ecosystem. Losing your private keys will not ...
  • Validators
    A Guide to Ethereum Liquid Staking

    With the Shanghai upgrade for Ethereum set to take place in April, the ability to withdraw staked ETH will also become available. As the upgrade approaches, interest in liquid staking protocols has risen, with many community members wanting to know ...
  • ETHDenver MEV Block Building
    Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler: Block Building & MEV @ ETHDenver

    The following video is a recording of Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler's discussion at ETHDenver 2023 regarding the current state of block building and MEV on Ethereum.
  • ETHDenver
    ETHDenver Day 3 - Blocknative Daily Dispatch

    The Blocknative team is live at ETHDenver to meet with BUIDLers and the community at large. We’re soaking in all the discussions and will be highlighting a few of our favorite presentations from each day. Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new ...
  • ETHDenver
    ETHDenver Day 2 - Blocknative Daily Dispatch

    The Blocknative team is live at ETHDenver to meet with BUIDLers and the community at large. We’re soaking in all the discussions and will be highlighting a few of our favorite presentations from each day. Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new ...
  • ETHDenver
    ETHDenver Day 1 - Blocknative Daily Dispatch

    The Blocknative team is live at ETHDenver to meet with BUIDLers and the community at large. We’re soaking in all the discussions and will be highlighting a few of our favorite presentations from each day. Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new ...
  • Ethereum Block Building Validators
    A Guide to Ethereum's Post-Merge Dashboards

    Pre-Merge insights into the proto-PBS ecosystem was opaque and limited. Since The Merge and the implementation of proto-PBS via MEV-Boost a vibrant and open ecosystem has emerged. With that a plethora of dashboards built by the community have ...
  • Validators
    How Validators Can Maximize Ethereum Block Rewards

    Block rewards are the ultimate prize for any Ethereum staker. Whether or not a validator secures them can make or break the ROI on an ETH staking operation as block rewards tend to make up over 90% of the ~5% APR for stakers.
  • Ethereum The Merge
    Understanding the Ethereum Development Roadmap

    Ethereum developers successfully shipped The Merge on September 15, 2022. Outside observers may consider The Merge a sort of “final destination” for the network. However, members of the Ethereum community understand The Merge as more of an “end to ...
  • MEV Block Building
    Blocknative Introduces Transaction Bundle Send, Cancellation, and Replacement Support in its Block Builder

    San Francisco, CA; Feb 1, 2023
  • Ethereum The Merge Validators
    Can You Withdraw Staked ETH?

    Now that The Merge is complete, the Ethereum community is turning its attention to the next big upgrade, Shanghai. This network upgrade has taken over a year of planning and will add the finishing touch to Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake system: EIP-4895 ...
  • Ethereum Validators
    The Importance of Client Diversity on Ethereum

    Listen to this post: Your browser does not support the audio element.   TL;DR: Decentralized networks rely on nodes running a diversity of open standards and applications including peer-to-peer networking protocols, consensus algorithms, APIs, and ...
  • MEV Block Building
    MEV Bundle Failure: Troubleshooting Why Your Bundle Didn’t End Up On-Chain

    Opportunities for extracting MEV have exploded as DeFi has transformed into a multi-billion dollar industry. This has led to an increasing number of web3 participants turning to MEV searching as a potentially lucrative exercise.
  • Mempool Trading MEV
    How to Use Blocknative to Leverage MEV Strategies & Get Bundles On-Chain

    January 2023 Update: If you are an MEV searcher, Blocknative now offers an MEV bundle RPC endpoint. Searchers can interact with the RPC endpoint at https://api.blocknative.com/v1/auction. The API provides JSON-RPC methods for interfacing with ...
  • Ethereum MEV
    Beginner’s Guide to an MEV Bot: Creating an Arbitrage Bot on Ethereum Mainnet

    January 2023 Update: If you are an MEV searcher, Blocknative now offers an MEV bundle RPC endpoint. Searchers can interact with the RPC endpoint at https://api.blocknative.com/v1/auction. The API provides JSON-RPC methods for interfacing with ...

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