Using Flashbots to Mint NFTs on Ethereum - Part 1
Channel: Scott Bigelow
Date: 04/09/2021

This video is an introduction fo Flashbots and writing Ethereum-based bots to mint NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). We use TypeScript and ethers.js with the Goerli testnet to build a bot capable of sending arbitrary transactions via Flashbots, using EIP-1559 transactions.

Repository of demo code: https://github.com/flashbots/searcher-minter

This video requires an understanding of NFTs, which you can learn about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUn86bH34M

You should also understand how to mint NFTs directly from contracts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ixU6j1dTg

Also, check out ArtBotter.io, which will be covered more in Part 2, extracting MEV: https://www.artbotter.io/

To learn more about Flashbots, check out: 
- Docs: https://docs.flashbots.net/
- GitHub: https://github.com/flashbots

0:00 Start
02:32 What is Flashbots?
07:14 Coding
30:28 Conclusion