nobody talked about MEV before 2021 and then suddenly it became the most important thing in crypto

protocol eng @ recallnet.twitter, interested in verifiable computing, mod /zk; avichalp.me

Mostly because researcher geeks could write cool papers about it?

that and i believe searchers started to make some money

what are some other top burning issues in your opinion?

True. Being a little tongue in cheek because of the latest wave of papers I see freaking out over priority ordering by L2s. There are like 1000 other things far more important to worry about.