From dd7f93a5b171e89ee9dc6f970945b5385347fc0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "dr. mia von steinkirch, phd" <1130416+mvonsteinkirch@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 15:29:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- frontrunning/README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/frontrunning/README.md b/frontrunning/README.md index b2e0366..0799f89 100644 --- a/frontrunning/README.md +++ b/frontrunning/README.md @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
-* process by which an adversary observes txs on the network layer and then acts upon this information by, for instance, issuing a competing tx, with the hope that this tx is mined before a victim's tx. +* frontrunning is the process by which an adversary observes txs on the network layer and then acts upon this information by, for instance, issuing a competing tx, with the hope that this tx is mined before a victim's tx. * example: transaction A is broadcasted with a higher gas price than an already pending transaction B so that A gets mined before B. -* generalized frontrunners are bots that watch the mempool to detect profitable transactions, copy their code, replace addresses with theirs, then submit the modified tx with a higher gas price. +* **generalized frontrunners** are bots that watch the mempool to detect profitable transactions, copy their code, replace addresses with theirs, then submit the modified tx with a higher gas price.