MEV Blocker provides over 950 ETH in rebates, but some users miss out

By CoW DAO
Feb 2, 2024, 1:37 AM
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MEV Blocker has sent over 950 ETH in rebates to users.​ Users who switch back from other networks in their wallet to MEV Blocker receive the best protection and rebates.​ One user received a refund of 0.​44 ETH for a trade made through MEV Blocker, while another user who used a different RPC endpoint received no refund and lost out on 0.​42 ETH to a backrunning searcher.​ MEV Blocker offers protection from the dark forest and ensures users receive rebates for their transactions.​

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MEV Blocker is the leading MEV protection RPC, offering orders of magnitude more in rebates than anyone else πŸ–οΈ Let's look at the data! Here are 2 identical txs: -πŸ‘€ Buys 0.5 ETH<>SAVM via MEV Blocker -> 0.44 ETH refund -πŸ‘€ Buys 0.5 ETH<>SAVM via other RPC -> 0 ETH refund A 🧡

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