friend.tech mempool sniper bot

mempool sniper bot for new friend.tech joiners. the story goes:

op-stack is supposed to be blind mempool. but base node default config had txpool+ws rpcs open (see the patch notes)
friend.tech uses blast-api rpc
blast-api used base node default config for their backend nodes

important parts

friendrekt-rs
- rust bot for finding new joiners, caching follow count and sniping
friendrekt-contracts
- solidity contract for sniping w/ fail-safes
twt-follower-api
- python http api for retrieving follower count

algo

/*
    here's a brief overview of the sniper:
    there are two tokio threads. 

    1. listen to every block.
        for every ETH transfer or bridge relays:
            reverse search the addresses involved on friend.tech
            find the number of followers
            if the address is not cached:
                cache the address

    2. listen to blast-api eth_newPendingTransactions
        there are multiple (4?) backend nodes so subscribe a few times
            (afaict its mostly rng which stream you get)
            (also run this bot on several geo-distributed servers)
            if its a first-share-buy (a signup):
                if the address is cached:
                    if follow count > 20k: send snipe tx
                otherwise:
                    do a live lookup of follow count
                    if follow count > 20k: send snipe tx
*/

devs

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