Lead · Strategy Analysis
Your agent reacting faster than a human also makes it easier to predict than one — and an MEV bot is fundamentally betting on whether you'll act on the same pattern again.
Alex Mercer
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September 05, 2026
Users often choose a DeFAI agent for the promise of reacting faster than a human ever could. But flip that around: if your agent's behavior is faster, more regular, and more predictable than a human trader's, it also becomes the ideal target for another category of software that sells itself on exactly the same trait — MEV searcher bots. Speed advantage isn't one-directional. It amplifies both...