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
Links:

X: @waltjsmith

X: @cyberFund_

Site: cyber.fund

Article: The Spectre of MEV on Bitcoin


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