Right now on Ethereum, a very interesting change is happening that many people haven't noticed 👇

More and more DEX trades are no longer going through public pools, but are instead being sent directly to miners/builders via private channels.
In short:
👉 DEXs are evolving from a “wild jungle” to a “professional racetrack.”
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To clarify:
If you click swap directly in a DEX, you're going through 👇
📢 public mempool
✅ visible to the whole network
✅ MEV bots monitoring 24/7
✅ any large order is almost guaranteed to be targeted
The result is the classic—
🧀 sandwich attack
The process is simple:
1️⃣ The bot frontruns and buys, pushing up the price
2️⃣ Your order is forced to execute at a higher price
3️⃣ The bot immediately dumps and sells
✅ you get sandwiched
✅ maximum slippage
✅ the bot makes guaranteed profit
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But now, mature DEXs no longer do this 👇
🔐 More and more wallets & aggregators default to:

Flashbots Protect

Eden Network

Private RPC channels

Your transaction:
✅ does not enter the public mempool
✅ is not seen in advance by MEV bots
✅ is sent encrypted directly to the block builder
✅ may even get a MEV rebate (refund)
📉 The result is:

Lower slippage

More stable gas

Much lower chance of being sandwiched

By 2025 on Ethereum:
👉 Real large trades will rarely go through the public mempool
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What does this mean for regular users?
✅ Use a mature wallet + mainstream DEX
✅ Default RPC for swaps
➡️ You’ll basically never get sandwiched
➡️ The trading experience is much better than last cycle
⚠️ But if it’s a small order (for example, <1000U):

It may still go through the public mempool

Since MEV profit is small, builders can’t be bothered to handle it specially

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In just one cycle:
Ethereum DEXs have evolved from 👇
❌ competing on gas
❌ racing to front-run
❌ sandwich attacks rampant in the “Wild West”
To 👇
✅ private channels
✅ MEV rebates
✅ user experience first
This isn’t just a narrative,
This is the real evolution of Ethereum’s trading infrastructure 🚀