MEV bot provider bloXroute has started blocking transactions of wallets on the US sanctions list
The company recognizes that such a decision will reduce the effectiveness of its products
19.12.2023 - 15:17
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What’s new? bloXroute Labs, one of the largest providers of MEV bots for the Ethereum network, began complying with the US sanctions. Thus, starting December 18, all of the company’s MEV-Boost relays began rejecting Ethereum blocks that contain transactions related to wallets on the US Department of the Treasury’s sanctions list.
What else is known? The initiative affects all bloXroute Labs relays, including bloXroute Max Profit, previously the second-largest censorship-resistant MEV relay, which has released over 380 000 blocks since the Ethereum network transitioned to the Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm on September 15 last year.
The bloXroute team says it remains focused on supporting Ethereum as a decentralized public network, although it expects the effectiveness of its tools to decrease due to the decision to censor transactions.
Validators use MEV relays to increase revenue by adding, removing, or reordering transactions in a block. MEV gains often come at the expense of regular users, and MEV-Boost is designed to minimize their losses.
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The company claims that this measure will help foster a secure ecosystem of stablecoins
According to MEVWatch.info, 36% of blockchains are currently censored due to the US Treasury Department’s restrictions, which is the average since the beginning of March. Meanwhile, the figure jumped to a peak of 78% on November 20.
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