mev-inspect

A [WIP] Ethereum MEV Inspector in Python managed by Poetry

Containers

mev-inspect's local setup is built on Docker Compose

By default it starts up:

• mev-inspect - a container with the code in this repo used for running scripts
• db - a postgres database instance
• pgadmin - a postgres DB UI for querying and more (avaiable at localhost:5050)

Running locally

Setup Docker Setup Poetry

Install dependencies through poetry

poetry install

Start the services (optionally as daemon)

poetry run start [-d]

Apply the latest migrations against the local DB:

poetry run exec alembic upgrade head

Run inspect on a block

poetry run inspect -b/--block-number 11931270 -r/--rpc 'http://111.11.11.111:8545/'

To stop the services (if running in the background, otherwise just ctrl+c)

poetry run stop

MEV container can be attached via

poetry run attach

Running additional compose commands are possible through standard docker compose ... calls. Check docker compose help for more tools available

Executing scripts

Any script can be run from the mev-inspect container like

poetry run exec <your command here>

For example

poetry run exec python examples/uniswap_inspect.py -block_number=123 -rpc='111.111.111'

Poetry Scripts

# code check
poetry run lint # linting via Pylint
poetry run test # testing and code coverage with Pytest
poetry run isort # fixing imports 
poetry run mypy # type checking 
poetry run black # style guide 
poetry run pre-commit run --all-files # runs Black, PyLint and MyPy
# docker management
poetry run start [-d] # starts all services, optionally as a daemon
poetry run stop # shutsdown all services or just ctrl + c if foreground
poetry run build # rebuilds containers
poetry run attach # enters the mev-inspect container in interactive mode
# launches inspection script
poetry run inspect -b/--block-number 11931270 -r/--rpc 'http://111.11.11.111:8545/'

Rebuilding containers

After changes to the app's Dockerfile, rebuild with

poetry run build

Using PGAdmin

1. Go to localhost:5050

2. Login with the PGAdmin username and password in .env

3. Add a new engine for mev_inspect with

   • host: db
   • user / password: see .env

Contributing

Pre-commit is used to maintain a consistent style, prevent errors and ensure test coverage.

Install pre-commit with:

poetry run pre-commit install

Update README if needed