# 🧱⛓ Blockchains, AMMs, and MEV

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## ☠️ My notes and source code in this repo:

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* [My random notes on the blokchains and MEV](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-notes-Stateful-blockchains-MEV-solidity/tree/main/notes)
* [PoC `geth` in Docker and Kubernetes](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Stateful-Blockchains-and-Flashbots/tree/main/geth_and_k8s)
* [The ROOK project](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/keeperDAO)
* [The Uniswap project](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/Uniswap)
* [MEV on Avalanche](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/Avalanche)
* [DeFi and day trading resources](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Blockchains-AMMs-and-MEV/tree/main/DeFi_and_Day-trading)



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## ☠️ Articles I recommend:

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- [MEV wiki](https://www.mev.wiki/)
- [Etherscan data on flashbots](https://etherscan.io/blocks/label/flashbots)
- [MEV Dashboard by Flashbots](https://explore.flashbots.net/).
- [KeeperDAO plan for MEV protection](https://blog.keeperdao.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-mev-and-get-paid-for-it/)
- [A list of open problems in DeFi by Emperor](https://mirror.xyz/0xemperor.eth/0guEj0CYt5V8J5AKur2_UNKyOhONr1QJaG4NGDF0YoQ)
- [Sandwiched?](https://sandwiched.wtf/)
- [How to use Flashbots](https://cryptomarketpool.com/how-to-use-flashbots/)
- [Flashbots bundle explore](https://flashbots-explorer.marto.lol/)
- [Flash Boys 2.0, the original article](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05234.pdf)
- [Ethereum is a Dark Forest by Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2020/08/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest)
- [Escaping the Dark Forest by samczsun](https://samczsun.com/escaping-the-dark-forest/)
- [How to Build an Ethereum Mining Pool by Dragonfly research](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-to-build-an-ethereum-mining-pool-6be356520b7a)
- [MEV and Me by Paradigm](https://research.paradigm.xyz/MEV)
   - "if block rewards are small enough compared to MEV, it can be rational for miners to destabilize consensus."
   - "The rate at which MEV accumulates on a given blockchain is generally proportional to the complexity of its application-layer behavior."
- [Return to the Dark Forest by rekt](https://rekt.news/return-to-the-dark-forest/)
- [Modern MEV sandwich attacks on Ethereum routers by totlsota](https://mirror.xyz/totlsota.eth/9JaNkZ1XQfQD6Y79aLYHC_kb_dSBoJ2JYiag5BuGGM8)
- [Dr. Reorg or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love MEV by Saneel Sreeni](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/dr-reorg-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-mev-2ee72b428d1d)
- [Hiding in Plain Sight by samczsun](https://samczsun.com/hiding-in-plain-sight/)
- [We Live In A Mempool: Backrunning the MEV Crisis by Tom Schmidt](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/we-live-in-a-mempool-backrunning-the-mev-crisis-a4ea0b493b05)
- [How To Light Up The Dark Forest by Robert Miller](https://writings.flashbots.net/writings/the-anatomy-of-an-inspector/)
- [KeeperDAO's whitepaper](https://github.com/keeperdao/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.pdf)
- [Blockchains are Cities by Haseeb Qureshi](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/blockchains-are-cities-564327013f86)
   * "Ethereum is NYC, Solana is LA" 
- [Endgame by Vitalik](https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html)
   * "a chain where block production is still centralized, but block validation is trustless and highly decentralized"
- [Soulbound by Vitalik](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2022/01/26/soulbound.html)  
   * "Making more items in the crypto space soulbound can be one path toward where NFTs can represent much more of who you are and not just what you can afford."

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* [A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography](http://toc.cryptobook.us/)
* [The Cypherpunk Manifest by Eric Hughes](https://activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html)
* [The Hacker Manifest by The Mentor](http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html)
* [How to be a Pirate by CGP Grey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fAznO1wA8)
* [Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)
   * "an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust..."
* [Teal organizations](https://reinventingorganizationswiki.com/)