The Little Transaction that Could: Sequencers, MEV, Intents, and… — Archetype

unpacking the transaction lifecycle

Written by Katie Chiou , Benjamin Funk We’ve seen a lot of lively discussion (and sometimes confusion) around What a sequencer actually does–is it building blocks? Is it proposing blocks? both? How does MEV look different on L2s? What are intents, preferences, and meta-transactions? Why do they matter? Jon Charbonneau 🇺🇸 @jon_charb Idk what “sequencing” means and at this point in too afraid to ask 120 8:08 PM • Apr 28, 2023 We want to provide an overview of what answers we have to these questions today, why they matter, and how they’re all related. To frame the discussion, we’ll cover the fo

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