First MEV Robot Arrested in the United States: Two Brothers Accused of Stealing $25 Million in Just 12 Seconds, Prosecutor Raises Concerns about Ethereum’s Integrity
MEV has always been a controversial part of blockchain, and Ethereum is also trying to solve this problem because the transaction ordering on the blockchain can be manipulated to some extent, resulting in unfair transactions. The MEV-boost, which was attacked this time, is precisely the software that attempts to standardize MEV and is the main infrastructure for finding profitable transactions (conducting sandwich attacks) on the chain. In the community discussion, the Peraire-Bueno brothers were arrested for disrupting MEV-boost. However, isn’t it unfair to obtain transaction profits on the chain through MEV-boost?