Aptos Launches Encrypted Mempool on Mainnet to Stop MEV Attacks

TLDR Aptos launched an optional Encrypted Mempool on mainnet to hide pending transaction details from trading bots. Validators order transactions without seeing the contents, then decrypt them together after the order is final. Encrypted transactions pay twice the base minimum gas price and add about 20 milliseconds per block in tests. Bitquery counted 6.9 million sandwich attacks on Solana that took $29.7 million from traders over 11 months. The APT token traded at $0.7995, down 11.5% over 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Aptos has launched a new feature on its mainnet that hides transaction details from trading bots.

Source: CoinCentral