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Do Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms Offer a Dark Pool Equivalent?

Yes, DeFi uses private transaction relays or 'flashbots' to bypass the public mempool, offering a dark execution equivalent.
Greeks.Live11.11.25

Do Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms Offer a Dark Pool Equivalent?

While not explicitly called "dark pools," DeFi platforms utilize mechanisms that achieve similar goals of reducing information leakage for large trades. Automated Market Makers (AMMs) on DEXs can suffer from high slippage.

Solutions like "private transaction relays" or "flashbots" bundles allow users to submit transactions directly to miners/validators, bypassing the public mempool, thus preventing front-running and achieving a form of dark execution.

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