Dossier
MEV bots
Coverage of MEV bots in the Nexus archive.
- "Slippage tolerance in DeFi. What setting 0.5% actually means and when you should change it."
The article discusses slippage tolerance in DeFi, its meaning, and when to adjust it. A setting of 0.5% means accepting at least 99.5% of the quoted amount for a transaction. The optimal setting is as low as possible while still completing the transaction.
- raydium manual swaps failing non stop
Manual token swaps on Raydium are failing frequently due to MEV bots front-running retail users, causing a significant drop in success rates. Users report bots executing trades before manual transactions can be confirmed.