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From: autistic-symposium-helper
 <138340846+autistic-symposium-helper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 12:14:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] protecting against mev with flashbots, c. chapman et al
 (2025)

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 MEV_projects/flashbots/README.md | 45 ++++++++++++++++----------------
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 * after the release of MEV-geth (and later MEV-boost), much of the computation related to MEV was taken off-chain, by a side-relay that allows MEV searchers to communicate directly with nodes and other participants. This lead to a decrease in fee congestion pricing.
 * however, MEV “marketplaces” like flashbots, are quite centralized, since the vast majority of blocks flow through it.
 
-<br>
-
 ##### bundles
 
 * bundle/transaction profitability is determined by: fee per gas used, priority fee, and direct validator payments.
 
-
 <br>
 
 ----
 
-### in this dir
+### chapters
 
 <br>
 
-
-* [mev-boost](mev-boost)
-* [suave](suave)
-* [scripts](scripts)
-* [tools](tools)
-
-
-
+* **[mev-boost](mev-boost)**
+* **[suave](suave)**
+* **[scripts](scripts)**
+* **[tools](tools)**
 
 <br>
 
 ---
 
-### resources
+### cool resources
 
 <br>
 
-- [how to use flashbots](https://cryptomarketpool.com/how-to-use-flashbots/)
-- [bundle pricing docs](https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/searchers/advanced/bundle-pricing)
-- [flashbots bundler explorer](https://flashbots-explorer.marto.lol/)
-- [flashbots: frontrunning the mev crisis by thegostep](https://ethresear.ch/t/flashbots-frontrunning-the-mev-crisis/8251)
-- [order flows kingmaker of block builders by noxx](https://noxx.substack.com/p/order-flows-kingmaker-of-the-block)
-- [data analysis of Flashbots MEV](https://github.com/ivanmolto/mev-flashbots-unleashed)
-- [flashbots' transparency board](https://transparency.flashbots.net/)
-- [flashbots' research topics](https://github.com/flashbots/mev-research)
-- [mev economics](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7bW0j2dhpnLNiIJIMnPgsD)
+* **[protecting against mev with flashbots, c. chapman et al (2025)](https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1MnxnDwrjNLGO)**
+* **[mev economics videos, by eth global (2024)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7bW0j2dhpnLNiIJIMnPgsD)**
+* **[order flows kingmaker of block builders, by noxx (2022)](https://noxx.substack.com/p/order-flows-kingmaker-of-the-block)**
+
+<br>
+
+##### docs
+
+* **[bundle pricing docs](https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/searchers/advanced/bundle-pricing)**
+* **[flashbots' research topics](https://github.com/flashbots/mev-research)**
+
+<br>
+
+##### code
+
+* **[data analysis of flashbots mev](https://github.com/ivanmolto/mev-flashbots-unleashed)**
+