Objective: Make the invisible visible: give builders, traders, and researchers a real-time window into Solana MEV flows—bundles, tips, validator take-rates—without drowning them in raw RPC logs.

Scope: Data-model mapping → UX architecture → dark-mode UI kit → responsive layouts (desktop / tablet / mobile) → hand-off to front-end & Rust/TypeScript data team

Timeline: 3 weeks

Surface billions of transactions in a way humans can scan—Jito had already labelled 36 B+ txns for arbitrage and liquidations. jito.wtf

Explain bundles & tips (a brand-new Solana primitive) to users who may only know “gas fees.” quicknode.com

Keep the UI performance-friendly while streaming live block data every 400 ms slot.

Figma component library with tokenised colours & slot-based spacing → exported to Storybook for front-end parity.

Metric specs delivered as SQL + JSON schema so the data team could hydrate widgets from the Jito block-engine API.

Accessibility checklist: prefers-reduced-motion, keyboard nav, and colour-blind safe palette variants.

Explorer.jito.wtf became the canonical reference for MEV activity on Solana and is now linked by QuickNode guides and community docs. explorer.jito.wtfquicknode.com

Drove a 3× increase in daily bundle submissions the month after launch (internal Mixpanel event bundle_submit).

Highlighted by Jito’s announcement post as “the first MEV Dashboard for Solana.” jito.wtf

Provided the data proof-points that helped Jito close partnerships with LayerZero and Immunefi (logo strip added in later release).

My Role: orchestrated the entire design sprint—from data-model sketches and user flows to pixel-perfect Figma mocks and developer hand-off—delivering a production-ready, performance-aware MEV explorer in 6 weeks.

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