Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580
Stephan Livera Podcast2 Kesä 2024

Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580

Walt Smith of cyber.fund joins me to discuss thoughts on MEV and where it may be going on Bitcoin.

We discuss:

  • Defining MEV

  • 10 minute block time?

  • Does it centralise Bitcoin?

  • Suffering from success

  • The approach on shitcoins and spam

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:02) - Defining MEV

(06:02) - Replace-by-fee (RBF)

(11:01) - Concern regarding miner centralisation

(18:56) - Growth of private mempool flow & MEV potential?

(24:55) - Are mining pools transparent with fee payouts?

(27:01) - Expressivity on Bitcoin

(31:21) - Sponsors

(35:24) - Does the 10 minute block time mitigate MEV?

(40:27) - Is Bitcoin more than ‘money’?

(46:05) - Fake L2's on Bitcoin

(51:24) - Does MEV lead to miner centralisation?

(56:15) - Closing thoughts on MEV

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