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Mev
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Awesome-MEV: MEV Research Resource List
A curated list of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) research papers and talks — the definitive reading list for understanding how miners and validators extract value from transaction ordering on Ethereum. MEV is simultaneously a market efficiency mechanism and a form of tax on users.
Jito MEV Dashboard
Jito's public MEV dashboard tracking Maximal Extractable Value on Solana — validator tips, arbitrage volumes, and extraction rates. One of the first transparent MEV tracking tools for Solana, predating Jito's later block engine infrastructure.
MEV101: The 0 to 1 Guide for Maximal Extractable Value
A ground-up guide to Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) in Ethereum and DeFi, covering sandwiching, arbitrage, liquidations, generalized frontrunning, flash loans, and Flashbots. A practitioner's introduction to the adversarial game theory and dark-forest economics underlying transaction ordering in public blockchains.
Maximal Extractable Value and Constant Function Market Makers
Research paper analyzing maximal extractable value (MEV) in the context of constant function market makers (CFMMs) like Uniswap. It formalizes how miners/validators can capture value by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions, with implications for CFMM mechanism design.
Dogetoshi/MEV: Curated MEV Resources
Dogetoshi's MEV repository is a curated collection of resources on maximal extractable value — papers, talks, tools, and code for understanding how searchers, builders, and validators profit from transaction ordering on Ethereum.
MEV 2.0: The Rise of MPSVs
A Reciprocal Ventures piece arguing that MEV is evolving from searcher-bot competition to MPSV (Maximal Protocol Surplus Value) — protocols themselves capturing ordering value rather than external actors extracting it. Reframes MEV as a design choice rather than an inevitable externality.
Towards a Theory of Maximal Extractable Value I: Constant Function Market Makers
Kulkarni, Diamandis, and Chitra's first paper in a theory series on Maximal Extractable Value in constant function market makers, showing sandwich attack price impact scales as O(log n) in trade count. It establishes the game-theoretic framework for MEV analysis that the field needed.
Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges
Daian et al. document how arbitrage bots exploit transaction ordering in decentralized exchanges through priority gas auctions, introducing the concept of miner extractable value (MEV). The paper shows that MEV isn't just a trading problem — it creates measurable consensus-layer security risks for Ethereum.
Clockwork Finance: Automated Analysis of Economic Security in Smart Contracts
Clockwork Finance Framework (CFF) is a formal verification system for reasoning about economic security in DeFi smart contracts, introducing 'extractable value' (EV) as a rigorous notion. Applied to Uniswap, Sushiswap, and MakerDAO, it automatically discovers $56M/month in MEV-like opportunities.
MEV Day — Flashbots Conference
MEV Day was a Flashbots-organized conference bringing together MEV researchers, searchers, and protocol designers to share work on maximal extractable value. A snapshot of the state of MEV research and practice in 2022.
Flashbots Documentation
The official Flashbots documentation covering MEV-Geth, the Flashbots auction, searcher bundle submission, and the broader philosophy behind transparent MEV extraction. The canonical reference for anyone building MEV searchers or integrating with Flashbots infrastructure.
EigenPhi: MEV Analytics
EigenPhi is an on-chain MEV analytics platform that scans Ethereum blocks for arbitrage, sandwich attacks, and liquidations, showing the bots, victims, and profit flows. One of the first accessible dashboards for visualizing MEV extraction in real time.
@bertcmiller MEV Threads
@bertcmiller's chronological index of his MEV Twitter threads — the most cited informal resource for understanding MEV strategies, Flashbots, and searcher mechanics. Essential reading for anyone entering the MEV space.