How Does MEV Create a Potential for Network Centralization? ⎊ Path

How Does MEV Create a Potential for Network Centralization?

MEV creates a potential for centralization because the ability to extract the highest value requires significant technical sophistication and specialized infrastructure, such as direct communication channels with miners/validators. This raises the barrier to entry, concentrating the MEV profits and the block production process into the hands of a few large, well-capitalized searchers and block producers.

This can lead to a less decentralized network, as smaller participants cannot compete effectively.

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Glossar

Direct Communication Channels

Latency ⎊ Direct Communication Channels represent proprietary, low-latency data pathways established between sophisticated trading desks and blockchain validators or block builders, bypassing the public mempool.

Centralization

Control ⎊ Centralization in the context of cryptocurrency and derivatives refers to the concentration of decision-making power or operational capacity within a limited group of entities.