MEV

Also called maximal extractable value

What crypto means by it

Profit extracted by whoever gets to order transactions in a block, by putting theirs ahead of yours. It is why a trade sometimes fills slightly worse than quoted.

What you already know this as

Front running, and the co-location arms race that made it a business.

Related terms

Validator Slippage Block

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