Solana's MEV landscape is heading toward a significant shift—one that could reshape how value extraction actually works across the network.

Here's the thing: as BAM (Batch Auction Mechanism) gains traction, we're seeing tip-based MEV lose its iron grip on the ecosystem. Instead, the real action moves up to the application layer. Applications start handling their own execution pricing logic, which means MEV becomes less of a dark art and more of an open mechanism.

This transition has real implications. Protocol revenues go up. The whole MEV picture becomes way more transparent and predictable. Validators stop being the primary beneficiaries, and instead the value distribution shifts upstream—apps are calling more of the shots now.

It's not just an incremental tweak. This represents how Solana's architecture is actively rethinking where economic value should sit. More transparency, better alignment with applications, cleaner incentive structures. That's the trajectory.