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MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)

Profit that block producers can extract by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions.

Definition

Profit that block producers can extract by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions. Searchers look for MEV opportunities like arbitrage and liquidations. MEV is controversial because it can harm regular users through front-running and sandwich attacks.

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Front-Running

Placing a transaction ahead of someone else's known pending trade to profit from the price impact.

Validator

A node operator who validates transactions and creates blocks on a proof-of-stake network.

DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

Financial services built on blockchain without traditional intermediaries.

ABI

Application Binary Interface.

Account Abstraction

A way to make crypto wallets behave more like normal apps by turning every account into a smart contract.

ERC-4337

The Ethereum standard for account abstraction without changing the core protocol.

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