# 🦈⛓ mev toolkit


### tl; dr #### the concept of maximal extractable value (mev) - a revenue stream generated from priority gas auction (PGA) - was coined by the 2019 research paper [flash boys 2.0](https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05234), and encompasses the profits generated by participant parties when producing new blocks on a blockchain. #### the resources in this repository are from my own research, which is intermittent and boundless. therefore, no guarantees, no promises; use it at your own risk.

## 🍕 notes && code in this repo
### extraction strategies
* [arbitrage](arbitrage) * [sandwich](sandwich) * [liquidations](liquidations) * [nft arbitrage](nft_arbitrage) * [front-running](front_running) * [back-running](back_running) * [just-in-time](uniswap/uniswap-v3/just-in-time.md) * [flashloans](flashloans) * [sniping](sniping)
### building a toolkit * [pvp battles](pvp_war) * [build your mev bot](anatomy_of_mev_bots) * [latency optimization](latency) * [cross domain mev](cross_domain_mev)
### mev on the chains * [mev on ethereum](MEV_on_Ethereum) * [mev on avalanche](MEV_on_Avalanche) * [mev on arbitrum](MEV_on_Arbitrum) * [mev on solana](MEV_on_Solana) * [mev on cosmos](MEV_on_Cosmos) * [mev on binance](MEV_on_Binance) * [mev on polygon](MEV_on_Polygon)
### mev-related projects * [flashbots](flashbots) * [cyph3rs.xyz](https://www.cyph3rs.xyz/) * [cow protocol](cow_protocol) * [rook dao](rook) * [private order flows](private_order_flows)
### related defi stuff * [uniswap](uniswap) * [oracles, twap, twamm](oracles) * [0x protocol and rfq](0x_protocol) * [defi and day trading](defi_and_trading) * [tokenomics](tokenomics)
--- ## 🍟 other resources
### mev explorers * [zero mev, by pmcgoohan](https://www.zeromev.org/) * [public mev explorer, by metablock](https://metablock.dev/tools/mev/) * [mev dashboard, by metablock](https://mev.metablock.dev/1/dashboard) * [bundle explorer, by flashbots](https://flashbots-explorer.marto.lol/)
### tx analysis
##### ethereum mainnet
* [ethvm](https://www.ethvm.com/) * [ethtx transaction decoder](https://ethtx.info/) * [txn finance, by band protocol](https://txn.finance/) * [ethereum token explorer, by diem project](https://ethplorer.io/) * [explorer and txs, by anyblock](https://explorer.anyblock.tools/) * [block explorer, by blockscout](https://blockscout.com/eth/mainnet/) * [block explorer, by blockchair](https://blockchair.com/ethereum) * [block and tokens explorer, by oklink](https://www.oklink.com/en/eth) * [tx explorer, by blocksec](https://phalcon.blocksec.com/) * [address explorer, by breadcrumbs](https://www.breadcrumbs.app/home)
##### goerli testnet
* [etherscan goerli](https://goerli.etherscan.io/)
### gas trackers
* [eth gas alert](https://ethgasalerts.xyz/) * [gas price io](https://www.gasprice.io/) * [ethereum gas tracker](https://www.useweb3.xyz/gas) * [nansei gas tracker](https://pro.nansen.ai/gas-tracker) * [gas fee prediction](https://www.blocknative.com/gas-estimator) * [gastrology](https://dethgasstation.eth.link/)
### data && analytics * [mev dashboard, by flashbots](https://explore.flashbots.net/). * [cross-domain arbitrage tracker, by odos](https://www.odos.xyz/arbitrage) * [mev live-stream, by eigenphi](https://eigenphi.io/) * [flashloans, by blocksec](https://tools.blocksec.com/flashloan/eth) * [sandwiched?](https://sandwiched.wtf/) * [etherscan data on flashbots](https://etherscan.io/blocks/label/flashbots) * [mev data corpus, by manifold](https://github.com/manifoldfinance/mev-corpus) * [ethereum datafarm, by nerolation](https://github.com/Nerolation/ethereum-datafarm) * [parsec.finance](https://parsec.finance/) * [nansen](https://www.nansen.ai/) * [token terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/terminal) ##### dune boards * [ethereum tx reverts](https://dune.com/kroeger0x/ethereum-transaction-reverts) * [dune board for gas prices](https://dune.com/kroeger0x/gas-prices) * [sleuthing hashed function and event signatures](https://dune.com/agaperste/event-and-function-signature-sleuthing?) * [mev flashbots unleashed](https://dune.com/ivanmolto/mev-flashbots-unleashed)
### uselful tools
* [calldata decoder](https://tools.deth.net/calldata-decoder) * [eth converter](https://eth-converter.com/) * [smart contract allowance checker](https://app.unrekt.net/) * [tornado cash pool anonymity](https://tutela.xyz/) * [eth detective](https://www.ethtective.com/address/) * [contracts diff checker](https://etherscan.io/contractdiffchecker) * [ultrasound money dashboard](https://ultrasound.money/) * [revoke.cash](https://revoke.cash/) * [ankr rpc endpoints](https://www.ankr.com/rpc/) * [back run me](https://backrunme.com/swap) * [ethereum signature database](https://www.4byte.directory/)
--- ## 🍿 other recommended articles
- [endgame, by vitalik](https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html) - [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](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-to-build-an-ethereum-mining-pool-6be356520b7a) - [mev and me, by paradigm](https://research.paradigm.xyz/MEV) - [return to the dark forest, by rekt](https://rekt.news/return-to-the-dark-forest/) - [modern mev sandwich attacks, by totlsota](https://mirror.xyz/totlsota.eth/9JaNkZ1XQfQD6Y79aLYHC_kb_dSBoJ2JYiag5BuGGM8) - [how i learned to stop worrying and love mev, by sreeni](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/dr-reorg-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-mev-2ee72b428d1d) - [how to light up the dark forest, by robert miller](https://writings.flashbots.net/writings/the-anatomy-of-an-inspector/) - [hiding in plain sight, by samczsun](https://samczsun.com/hiding-in-plain-sight/) - [we live in a mempool, by tom schmidt](https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/we-live-in-a-mempool-backrunning-the-mev-crisis-a4ea0b493b05) - [wrecking sandwich traders for fun and profit, by n. worsley](https://github.com/Defi-Cartel/salmonella) - [tricking frontrunners into being transaction relayers, by sankar4033](https://ethresear.ch/t/surrogeth-tricking-frontrunners-into-being-transaction-relayers/6937/1) - [The enemy of your enemy is not your friend, by kobayashi](https://fiona.mirror.xyz/QXdCOAggA5g_j5R_JpO-V5LqK89EbimnYIV6c2rOsT0) - [anatomy of an mev strategy: synthetix, by robert miller](https://bertcmiller.com/2021/09/05/mev-synthetix.html) - [mev wat to do, by phill daian](https://pdaian.com/blog/mev-wat-do/) - [mev the first 5 years, by james prestwich](https://medium.com/@Prestwich/mev-c417d9a5eb3d) - [mev-boost, relays, self-soverignty, by dr. m. von steinkirch](https://mirror.xyz/steinkirch.eth/Xo_5rIpRQpFOC__kYfjLJVOFwlSZH2n8tUnHoXo6VyI)
### wikis and talks * [mev research, by eigenphi](https://www.eigenphi.io/mev/research) * [mev wiki, by automata network](https://www.mev.wiki/) * [mev extraction strategies, by r. miller](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YVFLnh_MnDtDDQjucW-UKxLD28iGlyi_Pj1ri_hGqRs/edit#slide=id.g124f588a727_0_51) * [mev auction, by the ethereum foundation](https://ethresear.ch/t/mev-auction-auctioning-transaction-ordering-rights-as-a-solution-to-miner-extractable-value/6788) * [the daily ape on mev](https://thedailyape.notion.site/MEV-8713cb4c2df24f8483a02135d657a221) * [mev.day amsterdam 2022](https://mevday.org/) * [cryptocurrency historical data snapshot](https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/)
### research papers - [flash boys 2.0: frontrunning, transaction reordering, and consensus instability, by philip daian e al.](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05234.pdf) - [towards a theory of mev I, by diamandis et al.](https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ksk/files/MEV_CFMM.pdf) - [transparent dishonesty: front-running attacks on blockchain, by shayan eskandari et al.](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.05164.pdf) - [combining ghost and casper, by vitalik et al.](https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.03052) - [three attacks on pos ethereum, by caspar schwarz-schilling et al.](https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10086) - [two attacks on pos ghost/ethereum, by joachim neu et al.](https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.01315) - [quantifying blockchain extractable value: how dark is the forest?, by kaihua qin at al.](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.05511.pdf) - [dex arbitrage, mathematical optimizations & me, by noxx](https://noxx.substack.com/p/dex-arbitrage-mathematical-optimisations)
----- ## 🤖 who to follow
### mev projects * [rook](https://twitter.com/rook) * [fastlane](https://twitter.com/0xPFL) * [eden network](https://twitter.com/EdenNetwork) * [cowswap](https://twitter.com/CoWSwap) * [jito labs](https://twitter.com/jito_labs) * [skip protocols](https://twitter.com/SkipProtocol) * [eigenphi](https://twitter.com/EigenPhi) * [cyph3rs](https://twitter.com/withCyph3rs) * [xenophon labs](https://twitter.com/XenophonLabs)
### researchers and searchers
* [0x81B](https://twitter.com/0x81B) * [NathanWorsley_](https://twitter.com/NathanWorsley_) * [0xcuriousrabbit](https://twitter.com/0xcuriousrabbit) * [mevcollector](https://twitter.com/mevcollector) * [mevintern](https://twitter.com/mevintern) * [thommers](https://twitter.com/thommers) * [ThmsSmts](https://twitter.com/ThmsSmts) * [0xthewolf1](https://twitter.com/0xthewolf1) * [0xhedgehug](https://twitter.com/0xhedgehug) * [0xAnatolii](https://twitter.com/0xAnatolii) * [0x9212ce55](https://twitter.com/0x9212ce55) * [danielmckinn0n](https://twitter.com/danielmckinn0n) * [ExoticMev](https://twitter.com/ExoticMev) * [0x9116](https://twitter.com/0x9116) * [snoopy_mev](https://twitter.com/snoopy_mev) * [BotManana](https://twitter.com/BotManana) * [0xtowncrier](https://twitter.com/0xtowncrier) * [mevnormie](https://twitter.com/mevnormie) * [ThogardPvP](https://twitter.com/ThogardPvP) * [totlsota](https://twitter.com/totlsota) * [mevalphaleak](https://twitter.com/mevalphaleak) * [mevbandit](https://twitter.com/mevbandit) * [filmfranz](https://twitter.com/filmfranz) * [tkstanczak](https://twitter.com/tkstanczak) * [shannonlitweets](https://twitter.com/shannonlitweets) * [barnabemonnot](https://twitter.com/barnabemonnot) * [thegostep](https://twitter.com/thegostep) * [hasufl](https://twitter.com/hasufl) * [0xdoug](https://twitter.com/0xdoug) * [builder0x69](https://twitter.com/builder0x69) * [ASvanevik](https://twitter.com/ASvanevik) * [libevm](https://twitter.com/libevm) * [etheraael](https://twitter.com/etheraael) * [0xfoobar](https://twitter.com/0xfoobar) * [ralexstokes](https://twitter.com/ralexstokes) * [BehelitK](https://twitter.com/BehelitK) * [0xtuba](https://twitter.com/0xtuba) * [SiegeRhino2](https://twitter.com/SiegeRhino2) * [zeroXbrock](https://twitter.com/zeroXbrock) * [transmissions11](https://twitter.com/transmissions11) * [mvonsteinkirch](https://twitter.com/mvonsteinkirch) * [tomhschmidt](https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt) * [fleupold_](https://twitter.com/fleupold_) * [VitalikButerin](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin) * [drakefjustin](https://twitter.com/drakefjustin) * [segfaultdoctor](https://twitter.com/segfaultdoctor) * [0xalpharush](https://twitter.com/0xalpharush) * [femboy_capital](https://twitter.com/femboy_capital) * [0x_beans](https://twitter.com/0x_beans) * [peter_szilagyi](https://twitter.com/peter_szilagyi) * [_anishagnihotri](https://twitter.com/_anishagnihotri) * [avsa](https://twitter.com/avsa) * [phildaian](https://twitter.com/phildaian) * [flashloanz](https://twitter.com/flashloanz) * [sxysun1](https://twitter.com/sxysun1) * [DeGatchi](https://twitter.com/DeGatchi) * [ObadiaAlex](https://twitter.com/ObadiaAlex) * [max_holloway](https://twitter.com/max_holloway) * [kidrane](https://twitter.com/kidrane) * [0xmisaka](https://twitter.com/0xmisaka) * [pmcgoohanCrypto](https://twitter.com/pmcgoohanCrypto) * [ZiggyCoinDust](https://twitter.com/ZiggyCoinDust) * [dakka_eth](https://twitter.com/dakka_eth) * [chenwainuo](https://twitter.com/chenwainuo)
### alert bots
* [mevboost bot](https://twitter.com/MevBoostBot) * [mevrefund bot](https://twitter.com/MevRefund) * [highgwei bot](https://twitter.com/HighGwei) * [mev proposer bot](https://twitter.com/mevproposerbot) * [eigenphi bot](https://twitter.com/EigenPhi_Alert) * [mevwatch bot](https://twitter.com/mevwatchbot)
--- ## 🌭 bonus: 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕔𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕜
* [a graduate course in applied cryptography, by dan boneh](http://toc.cryptobook.us/) * [the cypherpunk manifest, by eric hughes](https://activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html) * [the crypto anarchist manifest, by timothy c. may](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/crypto-anarchist-manifesto/) * [the hacker manifest, by the mentor](http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html) * [bitcoin whitepaper by satoshi nakamoto](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) * [the meaning of decentralization, by vitalik](https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274) * [teal organizations wiki](https://reinventingorganizationswiki.com/)