Existing Solutions

The blockchain community has recognized the challenges posed by Miner Extractable Value (MEV) and has developed various strategies to mitigate its impact. These approaches range from technical solutions that aim to limit the opportunities for MEV to community-led initiatives designed to redistribute MEV proceeds more equitably.

Flashbots

A prominent initiative aimed at reducing the negative impacts of MEV is Flashbots, which provides a marketplace for miners and traders to engage in MEV-related activities transparently. This reduces the likelihood of harmful network behaviors like frequent reorgs and prioritizes transparency and fairness.

MEV-Boost

In the context of Ethereum's transition to Proof of Stake, MEV-Boost allows validators to outsource block building to external builders, creating a separation of concerns that can mitigate certain MEV strategies by distributing the opportunity to capture MEV more widely.

Private Transaction Services

Services like Blocknative and Taiko aim to provide users with ways to protect their transactions from being exploited for MEV by ensuring that transactions are not visible to miners or bots until they are executed.

Decentralized Sequencing

Projects are exploring decentralized transaction sequencing as a way to prevent front-running and other MEV strategies by removing the ability of any single party to determine the order of transactions.