Blockspace on Solana is now a latency game. We're talking decisions made in sub-50ms windows.
Here's what that means for traders, validators, and the shape of Solana MEV 👇
1/ Unlike ETH, Solana doesn’t have a public mempool. That means inclusion depends on who you know and how fast you reach them.
Recent updates show some MEV auctions on Solana now run in 50ms windows. That’s faster than a human can blink.
2/ If your infrastructure isn’t colocated or highly optimized (i.e. using bloXroute's OFR), you’re priced out of the best order flow.
Latency = edge
3/ Add to that:
- CU increases on the horizon
- Preconfs
- Bundle relays
… and you’ve got a high-speed arms race to insert trades as close to finality as possible.
4/ Solana MEV is evolving into a real-time game of:
> When do I submit?
> Who do I submit to?
> How close am I to the leader?
Optimizing these variables is becoming core to strategy, not just pricing or routing.
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