Mining Pools

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It's not even clear to me that this is legal either. Beyond the social consequences, i'm sure that if a bunch of people were harmed this way, you'd see legal action taken against the parties. Because all the mining pools are dark straightan e, individual people at the head of them that make these kind of decisions. So, ye, unfortunately, like we have seen, for example, eter mine, one of the largest pools sat now, already come out and say that they will never participate in something like this. And actually, if you ask searchers which mining fools worry them the most, or which they think are the most aggressive or willing to take kind of action

For our latest episode, I sat down with MEV Senpai, one of the top searchers in Ethereum. He gave us the unique inside perspective of someone who finds and captures MEV himself. The result was a long & intense convo, one of the best I've had in a while.

We discussed:

The structure and actors of the MEV game
What is searching, how can you learn it, what edges exist
Intro to private relays and transaction bundles
The role of Flashbots in DEX trading
and, of course, the hot topic of the day: short-term reorgs in Ethereum

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Listen to conversations between Su Zhu, the CEO and CIO of Three Arrows Capital, and Hasu, an experienced crypto researcher and writer. Together with occasional guests, we explore the transformative nature of trust-minimized currency and financial services.

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