Solana and Arbitrum co-founders clash again: The single sorter pattern is destined to lose to the permissionless competition.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Arbitrum co-founder Steven Goldfeder wrote an article arguing against falling into the "narrative trap" of simply comparing on-chain transaction prices. He stated that both Arbitrum One and Robinhood Chain actively guard against harmful MEVs such as frontrunning. Some chains that advertise low fees actually have higher MEV costs, and retail investors may incur additional losses through "hidden fees" such as frontrunning and clip trading. Solana co-founder Toly responded that Arbitrum currently has larger bid-ask spreads and higher fees. The cost corresponding to the 10% commission on fees alone is already higher than the clip trading rate. If worse spreads are included, the overall cost is estimated to be about 10 times higher. Toly further stated that a model where a single sequencer pursues maximum shareholder value can never defeat permissionless market competition.