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 Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe to Substack