Original sourceCrypto Times
Summary
Aptos has enabled an encrypted mempool on mainnet to curb front-running and MEV. Transaction contents are encrypted before execution, while sender addresses and fees remain visible, and are only decrypted after consensus completes block production. The mechanism uses threshold encryption, with vali…
Key points
- For wallet, DEX, and DeFi developers, this is a protocol-native anti-MEV tool that can be adopted without contract changes.
- Writing privacy protection into the protocol layer means public chains are shifting anti-front-running efforts from application-layer solutions to base-layer design.
- Traders may face fewer front-running losses, while developers must assess the roughly 20ms latency and wallet-side encrypted signature support.
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