I think you’re over-exaggerating about the “insane advancements in recent years that would blow his mind.” There was a recent overview of different MEV preventi

I think you’re over-exaggerating about the “insane advancements in recent years that would blow his mind.” There was a recent overview of different MEV preventive measures [0] which came to the conclusion that there is currently no silver bullet. This is still a large and unsolved issue with competing mitigations with large drawbacks, far from any “insane advancements.” You make a good point that these algorithmic trading techniques are not as big of a deal for everyday users though, and mostly bot wars. [0]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.11520.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.11520.pdf