Glasspad applies three layers of MEV protection that work together to limit value extraction at launch.
Sniper auctions
Rather than leaving the first trades open to front-running, Glasspad runs an on-chain auction. Snipers bid by paying higher gas, and the auction captures this value for the pool instead of letting it pass to block builders.
- Configurable delay between deployment and first auction
- Gas peg mechanism tracks auction rounds per pool
- Auction proceeds split between factory protocol fees and FeeLocker rewards
Descending fee curves
Fees start very high immediately after launch (up to an 80% MEV LP fee) and decay over time. This is designed to make sniping unprofitable in the first blocks while allowing normal trading once fees settle.
Block delay
A configurable block delay prevents all swaps for a set number of blocks after pool creation. Combined with the MEV module's 2-minute maximum delay, this creates a cooldown period during which liquidity additions are also blocked.
MEV module by chain
Base and Arc launches use GlasspadSniperAuctionV2 (the sniper-auction module above), which counts blocks. Robinhood Chain launches use GlasspadMevDescendingFees instead, because block-counting protection behaves differently on a chain where Solidity's block.number reports an L1 height rather than the chain's own; this module decays based on elapsed time rather than blocks observed. The MEV module on every chain decodes the same (startingFee, endingFee, secondsToDecay) launch configuration, so a launch is configured the same way on all three chains; only the module that applies it differs.