Incident Report: 37,000 SOL in Losses — A Call for Investigation and Action

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MIP.9 - Blocklisting malicious validators from Stake Auction Marketplace to combat sandwich attacks

Introduction Based on widespread community concerns and transparent research findings, this DAO proposal seeks to implement a blocklist mechanism within the Stake Auction Marketplace (SAM). Sandwich attacks—where validators manipulate transaction ordering to profit from front-running and back-running—have been widely recognized by the community as harmful practices that undermine fair trade execution and decentralization. Marinade is committed to fostering a staker-aligned, market-driven redist…

I understood that validators conducting sandwich attacks were banned, but are they still around?
However, I truly don’t understand how they are maintaining such high bids and still achieving an economically rational state.