According to @TO, many mechanisms exist to prevent token launch sniping but teams underuse them, raising trader exposure to predatory fills. Source: https://twitter.com/TO/status/1991646011106738525 The post references a Bubblemaps thread on the topic, underscoring community concerns around sniping. Source: https://x.com/bubblemaps/status/1991563390247137435 Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools use a high-to-low price curve that reduces early bot advantages and gas wars at launch. Source: https://docs.balancer.fi Batch auctions on CoW Protocol match orders at a uniform clearing price, minimizing first-come-first-serve sniping and improving execution quality. Source: https://docs.cow.fi Submitting orders via Flashbots Protect RPC or MEV Blocker keeps transactions out of the public mempool, mitigating launch-time snipes and sandwiches. Source: https://protect.flashbots.net and https://www.mevblocker.io Projects that gate early access with Merkle-proof allowlists can curb bot dominance, and traders should verify allowlist and vesting terms in launch documentation. Source: https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/4.x/utilities#merkleproof For trading strategy, prioritize launches using LBPs or batch auctions and route through MEV-protect RPCs to reduce slippage, failed transactions, and volatility during price discovery. Source: https://docs.balancer.fi and https://docs.cow.fi and https://protect.flashbots.net

According to the source, MEV allows block producers to reorder or insert transactions, enabling sandwich attacks and arbitrage that worsen user pricing and operate like a hidden tax on Ethereum swaps. Source: Ethereum.org MEV overview; Daian et al., Flash Boys 2.0. For traders, this increases effective slippage, raises the risk of failed transactions during volatility, and materially widens execution costs on AMM venues such as Uniswap. Source: Ethereum.org MEV overview; Qin et al., 2021 research on sandwich attacks in decentralized exchanges. Mitigation options include routing via private orderflow and MEV-aware intents systems, such as Flashbots Protect and UniswapX, which are designed to reduce or rebate MEV to order originators. Source: Flashbots Protect documentation; Uniswap Labs UniswapX announcement.