# 🧱⛓ Blockchains, DeFi, AMMs, and MEV

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

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* [MEV on Ethereum](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/MEV)
* [MEV on Avalanche](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/MEV_on_Avalanche)
* [MEV on Solana](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Blockchains-AMMs-and-MEV/tree/main/MEV_on_Solana)
* [`geth`: notes and code](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/ROOK)
* [The 0x Protocol](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/0x_Protocol)
* [The Uniswap project](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Scratch-Space-Stateful-Blockchains/tree/main/Uniswap)
* [DeFi and day trading resources](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Blockchains-AMMs-and-MEV/tree/main/DeFi)
* [Tokenomics for DeFi projects](https://github.com/bt3gl-labs/Blockchains-AMMs-and-MEV/tree/main/Tokenomics)


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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."
- [Towards a Theory of Maximal Extractable Value I, Diamandis et al](https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ksk/files/MEV_CFMM.pdf)

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### 📊 Data and analytics

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* [Nansen](https://www.nansen.ai/)
* [Dune](https://dune.com/browse/dashboards)
* [Token terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/terminal)
* [Westerngate, arbritage measured](Westerngate.xyz)
* [EigenPhi arbitrage scan](https://eigenphi.io/)
* [Parsec.finance](https://parsec.finance/)

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### ✨ More resources

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* [MEV.day 2022](https://mevday.org/)
* [MEV data corpus](https://github.com/manifoldfinance/mev-corpus)
* [The Daily Ape on MEV](https://thedailyape.notion.site/MEV-8713cb4c2df24f8483a02135d657a221)
* [Zero MEV](https://www.zeromev.org/)
* [Optimal sandwich](https://github.com/mevcheb/optimal-sandwich)
* [Subway](https://github.com/libevm/subway)
* [AMM Arbitrageur](https://github.com/paco0x/amm-arbitrageur)
* [MEV Bot in q using kdb+](https://github.com/sambacha/q-evm)
* [Liquidation Aave protocol example](https://github.com/ialberquilla/aave-liquidation)
* [liquidator-v3](https://github.com/blockworks-foundation/liquidator-v3)
* [Limit Sniper](https://github.com/CryptoGnome/Limit-Sniper)
* [pool-sniper](https://github.com/Anish-Agnihotri/pool-sniper)
* [Binance Alpha Bot](https://github.com/duckdegen/apebot)
* [MEV Boost](https://boost.flashbots.net/)
* [Public MEV explorer](https://metablock.dev/tools/mev/)


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### 📙 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕔𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕜


* [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/)
* [The meaning of decentralization, by Vitalik](https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274)


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## ☠️ Moar tools 

* [EthTx Transaction Decoder](https://ethtx.info/)
* [Eth converter](https://eth-converter.com/)
* [JSON formatter](https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/)
* [Craft requests from curl commands](https://reqbin.com/)
* [Smart contract fuzzer](https://github.com/crytic/echidna)
* [Smart contract code analyzer](https://github.com/crytic/slither)
* [Another smart contract code analyzer](https://github.com/ConsenSys/mythril)
* [Verx, smart contract verifier](http://verx.ch/)
* [Solhint, a linter for Solidity](https://github.com/protofire/solhint)
* [Solidity coverage tool](https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage)
* [Vscode plugin: Solidity visual](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tintinweb.solidity-visual-auditor)
* [Vscode plugin: Solidity support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JuanBlanco.solidity)
* [Immunefi scrapper](https://github.com/pratraut/scrapyFi)
* [Cryptocurrency Historical Data Snapshot](https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/)
* [Contracts diff checker](https://etherscan.io/contractdiffchecker)
* [Hummingbot ecosystem for crypto trading bots](https://hummingbot.org/)
* [ETH detective](https://www.ethtective.com/address/)
* [CIA Officer's DeFi Roadmap](https://github.com/OffcierCia/DeFi-Developer-Road-Map#transaction-visualization-scoring--tracking)
* [Tornado Cash Pool Anonymity Auditor](https://tutela.xyz/)
* [Smart Contract Allowance Checker](https://app.unrekt.net/)