Podcasts: Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580 🔗 14 weeks ago
- Category: Podcasts | Stephan Livera Podcast
- Author(s): Stephan Livera
- Published: 2nd June 2024 14:29
Walt Smith of cyber.fund joins me to discuss thoughts on MEV and where it may be going on Bitcoin.Â
We discuss:
Defining MEV
10 minute block time?
Does it centralise Bitcoin?
Suffering from success
The approach on shitcoins and spam
Timestamps:
(00:00) - IntroÂ
(02:02) - Defining MEV
(06:02) - Replace-by-fee (RBF)
(11:01) - Concern regarding miner centralisationÂ
(18:56) - Growth of private mempool flow & MEV potential?
(24:55) - Are mining pools transparent with fee payouts?
(27:01) - Expressivity on BitcoinÂ
(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?Â
(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
