Welcome to
MEV Army
About
MEV Army is a collection of shadowy super coders lurking in the Ethereum dark forest, ready to exploit transactions. MEV, as initially defined by Phil Daian in Flash Boys 2.0, stands for Miner Extractable Value. MEV is additional value captured by miners who censor and reorder transactions in blocks they produce.
Each member of the MEV Army is composed of the original transaction ordering code from go-ethereum. Miners are not the only 'players' who can capture MEV; they include transaction searchers, liquidators, sandwichers, backrunners, time-bandits, and generalized frontrunners are scattered throughout the dark forest. These represent some of the traits in the MEV Army Collection.
Do you have what it takes to join their squad?
Vision
The MEV Army project aims to bring the brightest minds of the crypto community together. Newcomers and veterans alike have much to learn from each other; whether you're a developer or an enthusiast, the MEV Army community is meant to become an educational resource for all aspects of the web3 ecosystem.
In the spirit of our open-source community, MEV Army trait data will live completely on-chain, which might encourage our members to create educational puzzles, games, challenges, and even derivative projects. While only 9,999 MEV Army members will ever be minted, the dark forest has no bounds…
It's been an honor to work with the Manifold team on this project, who have consistently pushed the boundaries of what NFTs are capable of. Thank you to Madison Blau (my sister) for helping design the artwork. This is just the beginning.