This talk will introduce the audience to maximal extractable value (mev), a concept defined in 2019 in the seminal paper Flashboys 2.0 by Daian et. al.. MEV is now a bustling new multidisciplinary research field and a $1b+ industry on Ethereum. The speaker will be coming back from the annual Ethereum Developer Conference, Devcon 6. Reporting back from the 'frontlines', Alex will introduce the audience to the concept of Maximal Extractable Value, link its relevance to existing research areas and phenomenons the audience is likely familiar with, and (briefly) introduce some of the latest topics the industry will have been discussing at the conference.