mev-toolkit/MEV_projects/flashbots

flashbots

tl;dr

• flashbots is a research and development organization focused on mitigating the negative externalities of current MEV extraction techniques.
• after the release of MEV-geth (and later MEV-boost), much of the computation related to MEV was taken off-chain, by a side-relay that allows MEV searchers to communicate directly with nodes and other participants. This lead to a decrease in fee congestion pricing.
• however, MEV “marketplaces” like flashbots, are quite centralized, since the vast majority of blocks flow through it.

bundles

• bundle/transaction profitability is determined by: fee per gas used, priority fee, and direct validator payments.

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chapters

• mev-boost
• suave
• scripts
• tools

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cool resources

• protecting against mev with flashbots, c. chapman et al (2025)
• mev economics videos, by eth global (2024)
• order flows kingmaker of block builders, by noxx (2022)

docs

• bundle pricing docs
• flashbots' research topics

code

• data analysis of flashbots mev