Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization
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Why it matters
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has proposed a plan to reduce centralization of Ethereum block builders and mitigate the issue of 'toxic MEV' (maximal extractable value), where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or 'sandwich' users' trades.
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- Provider tag
- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
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- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
- Article id
- 52168
Original source
Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.
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Original article published by CoinDesk on March 2, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.
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