A transaction hasn’t even been bundled yet—how has someone already cut in line?
A sandwich attack: A bot spots a large buy order in the public mempool, buys ahead of it, then sells after it.
Large swaps can be split into several smaller ones to reduce the loss from each sandwich attack.
For comparison, check the market: $ETH is currently at 2565.2, up 2.56% in 24h.
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