Flashbots: Ethereum MEV Arbitrage Bots Earn $ 314 Million Since Early 2020
Trading bots that capitalize on the flaws in Ethereum’s infrastructure have generated $ 107 million in revenue last month and $ 314 million since the beginning of 2020. The Miner Extracted Value (MEV) arbitrage strategy assumes that bots identify and select deals on DeFi services pending confirmation in Ethereum mempools. Bots can use several methods to profit from a targeted trade. First, the bot looks for a profitable trade in the mempool. He then copies…