IMO the title is a bit misleading since the bug was in the mev-boost library which isn't part of the ethereum protocol nor is it needed to validate blocks. As I

IMO the title is a bit misleading since the bug was in the mev-boost library which isn't part of the ethereum protocol nor is it needed to validate blocks. As I understand, the "victims" were arbitrage bots that one could argue simply had their risk realized. I wonder if the brothers could have gotten away with it by just paying taxes. Here is an in-depth post-mortem on the incident: https://collective.flashbots.net/t/post-mortem-april-3rd-2023-mev-boost-relay-incident-and-related-timing-issue/1540 https://collective.flashbots.net/t/post-mortem-april-3rd-202... Earlier threads about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40369522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40369522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40371371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40371371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40372018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40372018