# \#polygon

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## [The Origins of MEV: Attribution of Arbitrage Opportunity Creation](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-origins-of-mev-attribution-of-arbitrage-opportunity-creation/5720)

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**Author:** [@seoeva](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/seoeva)\
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**Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-origins-of-mev-attribution-of-arbitrage-opportunity-creation/5720 "2026-05-21T09:53:30Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re MEV-X, a research-driven team that’s been studying MEV mechanics on EVM-compatible chains for a while. Some of you may have seen our earlier work on atomic arbitrage classification on Polygon and on RL…

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## [Strategic Bidding in MEV Auctions: Research Initiative](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/strategic-bidding-in-mev-auctions-research-initiative/5354)

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**Author:** [@seoeva](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/seoeva)\
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**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/strategic-bidding-in-mev-auctions-research-initiative/5354 "2025-10-31T20:05:25Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re MEV-X, a research-driven project that has been actively working on MEV analysis, extraction, and solving. We’ve spent a lot of time studying how MEV strategies work in practice, and we use that experi…

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## [MEV Trends on Polygon: A Study of Atomic Arbitrage](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/mev-trends-on-polygon-a-study-of-atomic-arbitrage/5234)

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**Author:** [@seoeva](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/seoeva)\
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**Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/mev-trends-on-polygon-a-study-of-atomic-arbitrage/5234 "2025-09-02T20:45:27Z")

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Hi everyone, We’d like to share our recent research on MEV dynamics in Polygon, with a focus on Backrun Atomic Arbitrage. We analyzed 23M blocks (Jan 2023–Oct 2024) to examine market trends, extraction strategies, and t…

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## [Detecting and quantifying spam transactions on Polygon](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/detecting-and-quantifying-spam-transactions-on-polygon/2466)

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**Author:** [@Eru\_Iluvatar](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/Eru_Iluvatar)\
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**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/detecting-and-quantifying-spam-transactions-on-polygon/2466 "2023-09-25T10:05:47Z")

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I have seen some evidence of tons of spam transactions being a dominant strategy on L2s due to their increased throughput and lower transaction fees. --------------------------------------------------------------------…