# MEV.io [TBD] (vs) Flashbots.net Protect

> [!WARNING]
> Work In Progress Draft

## Flashbots Protect

https://protect.flashbots.net/about

Transactions processed
>7.2 million
Refunds earned
>220 ETH

## Speed

### Flashbots Speed
How quickly your transactions are confirmed onchain is determined by how many builders you share your transaction with.
Select more builders to have your transactions land more quickly.
> [!NOTE]
> When you send your transaction to a builder, you are entrusting them not to frontrun your transaction or disclose it to third parties who might.

### MEV.io Speed
Transaction confirmation is determined by the call option you have. It is entirely decoupled from how many builders you choose to share it with. In fact you can bypass sharing your transactions entirely and directly submit to the relay.

### Winner: MEV.io

## Privacy

### Flashbots Privacy
You can control the visibility of your transaction data, and therefore your privacy, by choosing to share hints.
If you want to maximize the likelihood of receiving a refund, share more hints.

### MEV.io Privacy
Since transaction inclusion is decoupled directly from block builders, you need not worry about selective disclosure for the purposes of "sharing hints". Execute your call option to enforce transaction inclusion, no need to rely on external greedy behaviour assumptions of a 3rd party.

### Winner: MEV.io

## Refunds

### Flashbots Refunds
Protect will refund you if your transaction generates any value. You can keep this refund, or use it to pay for your transaction to be confirmed onchain more quickly.
Your refund share determines how much of the refund you keep. For faster transactions, choose a lower refund share.

### MEV.io Refunds
The MEV.io Auction platform generates revenue from a new call market auction. Your transaction is not monetized to produce a positive cash flow for the platform, the buying and selling of blockspace call options incurs a fee which is where the moneitization happens. Participating Searchers and Builders can offer users the ability to earn refunds or points on a portion of any extra value you generate when transacting on blocks that originate from the Auction Platform.
> [!NOTE]
> This includes all Participating LSTs, not just mevETH Valdiator set.

### Winner: MEV.io

## Summary and Notes

MEV.io Auction Platform represents a paradigm shift in the approach towards providing practical solutions and approaches towards MEV.

> ? We need to have a name for 'Retail' facing usage. It should be noted that call options should not be directly purchased by end users but rather through the protocol they are interacting with ideally. This would be for the 'v3' 'Inclusion Market' of the platform.