How I spend my days Mempool watching (Part 1): Transaction Prediction through EVM Tracing
<p>Today, I’ll be discussing the importance of <strong>mempool watching</strong>, a powerful technique for understanding people’s intentions through pending transactions in the mempool. Harnessing this capability is invaluable for everyone.</p>
<p>In this blog post, I’ll share a real problem I encountered while building my sandwich bot and demonstrate how I successfully tackled it using EVM tools like <strong>EVM</strong> <strong>tracing</strong>.</p>
<p>By employing EVM tracing tools as presented in this blog post, <strong>you can proactively learn how a pending transaction will impact the blockchain states once it’s added to a new block</strong>.</p>
<p><em>The techniques learned here will enable you to easily:</em></p>
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<li><strong>predict price impact of a swap action,</strong></li>
<li><strong>know if you’re dealing with a tax/toxic token beforehand,</strong></li>
<li><strong>catch Salmonella attacks and avoid being rekt,</strong> (<a href="https://github.com/Defi-Cartel/salmonella" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/Defi-Cartel/salmonella</a>)</li>
<li><strong>simulate bundles just like Tenderly on your local machine.</strong> (<a href="https://tenderly.co/transaction-simulator" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">https://tenderly.co/transaction-simulator</a>)</li>
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<p>I’ll call this task: <strong>Transaction Prediction</strong>.</p>
<p>Let’s get started right away.</p>
<p>As an aspiring MEV searcher, I’ve spent a long time bird watching.</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/@solidquant/how-i-spend-my-days-mempool-watching-part-1-transaction-prediction-through-evm-tracing-77f4c99207f"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>