# re:mangata finance, initial thoughts

101 blog post : https://blog.mangata.finance/blog/2021-10-10-themis-protocol/

testnet (with substrate testnet <> eth kovan bridge)
https://app.mangata.finance

node:
https://github.com/mangata-finance/mangata-node

questions:

testnet:
*polkadot faucet
*withdrawing to kovan

> .5 OTHER
> testnet explorer?
> polkadot wallet conveneitent
> stake LP/unwind
> adverserial testnet, incentivize ppl to come up with ways to frontrun
> standard amm?
> tx history page given explorer?
> ways to speed up compile time?
> how to interact with testnet locally
> alice bob charlie logs great but an rpc/genesis.json equivalent?
> bridge trust model
> web3js lib interaction
> arbitrage/"breaking"
> production testnet node
README.md move into docs
> validator collusion bridge
> griefing vectors
> snowbridge fork - clean
> slot auctions?

>Essentially no MEV is good by our definition.
> substrate flavor - whats diff (re: to determine consensus mechanism and how it impacts ordering/collusion incentives)
> gaming jncentives
> block builder proposer - directionally right
> spam
> expand and quantify probabilistic extraction
> reconcile good mev with non-sandwhiches
> skeptical of lack of a fee market ()
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