Classic sandwich attacks rely on public mempool visibility:The attacker front-runs a victim’s swap to move price.The victim executes at a worse rate.The attacker back-runs to lock in the spread.Normally, private relays (Flashbots Protect, Jito, MEV Blocker, CoW Swap, etc.) shield you from this by hiding orders from public bots. But if you control both sides, it is called Self-Sandwich How Self-Sandwiching WorksStep 1 — The Setup The Main Wallet places a very large buy/sell transaction in an i...
