Solana, a blockchain network, is experiencing increasing MEV tips through the Jito Labs block engine despite a mempool shutdown. The number of bundles has surpassed 2M for the first time. Solana is considering significant changes to address network demand and scalability issues, crucial for mainstream adoption. Stakeholders are debating between stability and growth as the network faces congestion and bot attacks.
Solana faces tough choices amid soaring demand: Stakeholders consider major changes to tackle chain congestion and bot attacks. Jito Labs shuts down its mempool to combat exploiters, as the network grapples with daily floods of meme coins and NFTs. Stability vs. growth? https://t.co/TUbLFUBMM3
MEV on Solana is dead wait no, it's not — I'm just farming engagement you likely saw Jito suspended their mempool service last week, that was a much bigger deal than you realize to understand why, you need to understand what MEV is first and we just wrote an intro on it
Some misinformed takes on Solana MEV, so figured I'd write something here. - MEV on Solana is not dead. - Not all MEV is bad. - Profitable frontrunning is possible across DEX liquidity venues, not just AMMs. - Solana’s continuous block production and lack of an in-protocol…