From dcca40cabacf318a7bd15ddc373e780111bdede6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dr. mia von steinkirch, phd"
 <1130416+mvonsteinkirch@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:03:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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+###
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+<br>
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+* reduced gas fees resulted in large bot-spamming attacks 
+* in order to frontrunning, backrunning, or sandwiching to succed, the bot's tx needs to land right before or behind the victim's respectively. bots cannot choose the ordering so they need to set gas fees in a way the txs land in the right place (usually by spamming).
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+<br>
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 ### in this dir
 
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 * [optimistic rollups](optimistic_rollups.md)
 
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+<br>
 
 
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 ### resources
 
+<br>
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 * [intro to mev auctions](https://www.mev.wiki/solutions/faas-or-meva/optimism)