Antifrontrunning
Antifrontrunning refers to measures and strategies implemented to prevent or mitigate the practice of frontrunning in financial markets, particularly in the context of cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi). Frontrunning occurs when someone with advance knowledge of a pending transaction, such as a large trade or a profitable arbitrage opportunity, exploits this information by placing their own transaction ahead of the original one to gain an unfair advantage.
In traditional financial markets, frontrunning is illegal and considered unethical. However, in the decentralized and often
Antifrontrunning mechanisms aim to level the playing field by obscuring or delaying the visibility of pending
Additionally, some DeFi platforms use sophisticated algorithms and smart contracts to detect and prevent frontrunning attempts.