MEV

9.9

People who add blocks make extra money by choosing which transactions go first or which to include on a blockchain

noun

Jargon

: MEV

Understanding MEV is crucial for anyone involved in blockchain technology or cryptocurrency trading.

Some people describe MEV minor extractable value as an existential risk to Ethereum.

Examples

Miners can earn significant MEV by prioritizing certain transactions in the block they create.
Zero X from MEV.

Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
Zero X from MEV.

Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
MEV from Zero X.

Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
Some people describe MEV minor extractable value as an existential risk to Ethereum.

Lex Fridman
The concept of MEV has become a hot topic among validators in the Ethereum community.

How Profitable

windfall

34 5.1

MEV

Jargon

9.9

marginal

30 6.2

to break even

36 3.3

loss

313 2.1

Surface Forms

MEV singular

MEVs plural

Morphology

MEV = M + E + V

MEV is an initialism/acronym (letters M-E-V); the letters themselves do not convey the semantic components to learners, so the form gives no transparent clue to meaning.

Etymology

The term MEV stands for maximal extractable value, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of extractable as 'to take out', like extracting juice or gold. That's why MEV means the extra 'profit' miners or validators can get by choosing which transactions to include and the order they go in on a blockchain.