Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580
Description
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
Links:
X: @waltjsmith
X: @cyberFund_
Site: cyber.fund
Article: The Spectre of MEV on Bitcoin
Sponsors:
Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on X: @stephanlivera
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