1.2 Why Solana for arbitrage?
Arbitrage is fundamentally a race condition:
You vs. other traders
You vs. MEV bots
You vs. changing order books
On Solana, three properties matter:
Low fees
Transactions are typically fractions of a cent.
This means even small spreads can be worth considering.
You’re less likely to see fees completely eat the edge.
High throughput and low latency
Solana can process tens of thousands of TPS.
Blocks/slots are fast.
Price discrepancies show up and vanish quickly; detection latency matters.
DEX-heavy ecosystem
A lot of trading happens on-chain (Jupiter routes, Orca, Raydium, Phoenix, etc.).
This creates many venues for the same asset pair → more chances for mispricing.
Net effect: Solana is one of the few chains where real-time, on-chain arbitrage is not a joke or a toy. Capture OS exists to give you visibility into those micro-inefficiencies.
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