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Base is going to be using flashblocks. Because it forces a MEV priority auction by fee and gives revert protection it should reduce their L1 usage too

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Build on Base

Base is going to be using flashblocks. Because it forces a MEV priority auction by fee and gives revert protection it should reduce their L1 usage too

https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1895223243713458184

"the MEV trilemma posits that MEV will be extracted one way or another – chain designers can only choose between an explicit auction, a spam auction, or a latency auction."

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I meant to say “reduce their L1 *data* usage”

"the MEV trilemma posits that MEV will be extracted one way or another – chain designers can only choose between an explicit auction, a spam auction, or a latency auction."

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