Ethereum's Scaling and Fairness Challenges Due to MEV Bots Highlight Need for Privacy Tech
Ethereum's Scaling and Fairness Challenges Due to MEV Bots Highlight Need for Privacy Tech
On certain Ethereum L2s, bots are consuming over half of all gas fees while seeking Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), posing a significant scaling and market fairness problem. The article suggests that privacy technology, moving beyond its traditional 'anonymous money' framing, is becoming essential for Ethereum to address these issues and achieve broader scalability by early 2026.
On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The privacy conversation in crypto has finally escaped the “anonymous money” framing that dominated the last cycle. In early 2026, the urgency is […]