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This is a horror story.

ethereummev— Ethereum is a Dark Forest (Paradigm), 2020
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If the chain itself is a battleground, the mempool is something worse: a dark forest.

ethereummempool— Ethereum is a Dark Forest (Paradigm), 2020
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In the Ethereum mempool, these apex predators take the form of arbitrage bots.

botsethereum— Ethereum is a Dark Forest (Paradigm), 2020
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The monsters had devoured us.

ethereummev— Ethereum is a Dark Forest (Paradigm), 2020
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I am excited to announce that I am joining Paradigm as a Research Partner, to help Matt Huang, Fred Ehrsam, and Charlie Noyes build a new kind of investment firm.

careercrypto— Joining Paradigm (Medium), 2019
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Another thing that drew me to this opportunity is Paradigm's long-term perspective, and their commitment to pushing the entire industry forward by investing in basic research.

long-termparadigm— Joining Paradigm (Medium), 2019