Aptos Launches Encrypted Mempool to Prevent Frontrunning and Sandwich Attacks
Key Highlights: Aptos has introduced an Encrypted Mempool feature to protect users from predatory maximal extractable value (MEV) tactics like sandwich attacks. The privacy mechanism hides transaction payload details while consensus ordering occurs, decrypting trades only after their sequence is permanently set. Opting into the protection requires a minimum gas price double the network’s base ...