
Jito Labs has decided to suspend the mempool offered through the Jito Block Engine on Solana due to negative externalities impacting users. This decision follows pressure from the Solana Foundation and the occurrence of costly sandwich attacks on traders. The mempool function will go offline, affecting transaction validation software on Solana.
solana MEV tips through the @jito_labs block engine continue to increase after the mempool shutdown and are at the same level from 10 days ago. in addition, the number of bundles continues to increase, breaking 2M for the first time a few days ago. up and to the right https://t.co/YQUWE3l6t3
Jito Labs suspends mempool functionality following increased sandwich attacks on Solana blockchain https://t.co/jHIZJ6zUtp
Solana client Jito Labs axes mempool function following increase in MEV attacks https://t.co/AxF98ac2qq
