Wintermute MEV Hackathon: Searching on Ethereum with Brock Smedley (Flashbots Product)

On Thursday, 18th August we were delighted to host the MEV with Brock Smedley (Flashbots Product) event for our Encode x Wintermute MEV Hackathon. This was the third event in the series, and it was aimed at hackers who are dedicated to building with Flashbots and MEV.

Big thanks to Brock from Flashbots for making this event possible!

🖥 Details, slides and resources are available here: https://medium.com/encode-club/wintermute-mev-hackathon-searching-on-ethereum-with-brock-smedley-flashbots-product-video-d28091c689d2?source=friends_link&sk=eca17f34e0affeabb973b417b1524cb6

This 4-week hackathon is a great opportunity to learn, build and get onboarded into the Wintermute ecosystem, as well as win great prizes! We finish the hackathon with a finale event, where the best hackathon projects pitch to win top prizes!

For the hackathon registrations click here: https://www.encode.club/wintermute-mev-hack#form

The project submission date is on Sunday, 11th September, whereas the Finale and Prizegiving event will be held on Wednesday, 28th September.

🎟 The continuation of this series is on Monday, 22nd August with Wintermute MEV Hackathon: MEV with Robert Miller (Flashbots Product Lead). You can register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/398819749607

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About Wintermute

Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic trading firm and one of the largest players in digital asset markets. With an average daily trading volume of over $5bn, Wintermute facilitates OTC trading of 350+ tokens and provides liquidity across 80+ centralized and decentralized exchanges. Wintermute is an active player in the ecosystem, invests in early-stage DeFi projects, provides market-making services for high-profile blockchain projects, and overall supports builders of decentralized finance. Read more here: https://www.wintermute.com/

Not too long ago we hosted Evgeny Gaevoy, the Founder and CEO of Wintermute, for an Encode AMA session. You can find the video and transcript here: https://medium.com/encode-club/encode-club-evgeny-gaevoy-founder-and-ceo-of-wintermute-ama-539944e44fe1?source=friends_link&sk=7aabc34f3db44e7db69ff9e0de2343de

About Flashbots

Flashbots are joining the hackathon as an Education Partner!
Flashbots is a research and development organisation working on mitigating the negative externalities of current Maximal Extractable Value (from now on MEV) extraction techniques and avoiding the existential risks MEV could cause to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum.
The primary focus is to enable a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction. It falls under three goals: Democratizing Access to MEV Revenue, Bringing Transparency to MEV Activity, and Redistributing MEV Revenue.
Learn more about Flashbots: https://docs.flashbots.net/

About Encode Club

Encode Club is an online blockchain education platform. We work with leading companies, networks, communities, and universities. We educate people through events, workshops, hackathons, accelerators, and bootcamps. Read more here: https://www.encode.club/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:34 PoW architecture
00:06:16 Flashbots APIs, clients
00:11:58 Beginner-intermediate
00:24:53 Advanced
00:31:34 Resources
00:32:12 Q&A
00:48:53 Conclusion

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