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Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges

Original title
Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges
Creators
Daian, Philip, Goldfeder, Steven, Kell, Tyler, Li, Yunqi, Zhao, Xueyuan, Bentov, Iddo, Breidenbach, Lorenz, Juels, Ari
Publication
Apr 10, 2019
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Checked bibliographic record: Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges. Creators: Daian, Philip / Goldfeder, Steven / Kell, Tyler / Li, Yunqi / Zhao, Xueyuan / Bentov, Iddo / Breidenbach, Lorenz / Juels, Ari. Recorded publication date: 2019-04-10 (day precision). arXiv: 1904.05234v1.

The title places frontrunning, transaction reordering and consensus instability together, providing a useful starting point for questions across system layers. Record definitions, observed objects and supporting evidence separately, then check whether the original establishes links between them. These are our reading questions, not verified claims about the paper's methods or results.

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Editorial review: Nov 2, 2026 · Machine-assisted editorial text, reviewed by an editor.

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Frames distinct ordering-related questions while retaining the arXiv v1 boundary.

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