“Sandwich attacks” are not inevitable: how MEV protection choices reshape custody and risk in DeFi
Surprising but true: a well-designed wallet and transaction path can reduce your chance of losing value to MEV (miner/maximum extractable value) at the same order of magnitude as picking a different liquidity source — and yet most users treat it like an afterthought. This article compares two practical approaches to MEV protection for DeFi users — reactive post-facto protections embedded in relayer systems and proactive on-device, simulation-driven defenses in advanced wallets — and explains the security trade-offs, operational constraints, [...]
