--- title: Is MEV possible on bitcoin? | daily.dev description: MEV is possible on Bitcoin, although less prominent than in Ethereum. Miners can optimize block creation by including or excluding transactions, aiming to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Is MEV possible on bitcoin? | daily.dev og:description: MEV is possible on Bitcoin, although less prominent than in Ethereum. Miners can optimize block creation by including or excluding transactions, aiming to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qG9zcJNgD.png og:image:alt: Is MEV possible on bitcoin? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is MEV possible on bitcoin? **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MEV is possible on Bitcoin, although less prominent than in Ethereum. Miners can optimize block creation by including or excluding transactions, aiming to maximize transaction fees while minimizing block size. MEV in Ethereum is more complex and can have collateral damages, especially in the DeFi space. PBS proposal attempts to control the impact of MEV. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#bitcoin](https://daily.dev/tags/bitcoin), [#defi](https://daily.dev/tags/defi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Is MEV possible on bitcoin?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T13:34:07.546Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"MEV is possible on Bitcoin, although less prominent than in Ethereum. Miners can optimize block creation by including or excluding transactions, aiming to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/64de4891174abba226c700f51174d720?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/64de4891174abba226c700f51174d720?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-mev-possible-on-bitcoin--qg9zcjngd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"blockchain,bitcoin,defi","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Is MEV possible on bitcoin?"}]} ```