Podcasts about flashbots

Developers introduce an EIP to increase the gas limit. Arbitrum supports custom gas tokens. And Flashbots releases MEV-Boost v1.9. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/689

Base implements Flashblocks on testnet. Base introduces Smart Wallet Sub Accounts. The SEC dismises its lawsuit against Conensys. And Holesky validators agree to a coordinated slashing plan. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/656

In this episode I interviewed Wee Kee, the co-founder of Virtuals. From here and there in the conversation you can tell that Virtuals team is a pragmatic and perseverant one. To build a successful product in this fast moving industry, there's no fast track but stay on the table and keep grinding. Shownotes:You guys have been dominating mindshare amongst all the crypto native folks lately. So first of all congratulations! But still would love to hear how you introduce yourself to our audience. There were quite many platforms that empower developers to launch agents. What key factors do you think led you to where you guys are today?Do you think the diversity of the agents came from the no-code requirement?What are some of the agents that grew from Virtuals that left people an impression? Also about Multimodality. What are the best performing categories for agents developed with GAME?How do you decide whether you're going to co-marketing with one of the ecosystem agents?I read on Messari that you guys have integrated Farcaster, but I haven't seen a lot of news that you guys are pushing on that front. Any plans? I was particularly interested to hear your answer on this one, because looks like with a web3 native social network, an agent developed under GAME framework will be capable of doing a lot more

In today's episode, we explore how sometimes the best innovations come from rethinking the basics rather than fixing what already exists. That's exactly what Flashbots is achieving with their groundbreaking innovations in the rollup space - creating something entirely new instead of patching the old. At its core, this is about building a better trading system from the ground up. Flashbots stepped back from the usual approach of fixing individual problems and asked a fundamental question: "How can we design a blockchain specifically for trading?" Their answer is Unichain, which focuses on two essential components - optimizing transaction speed and ensuring precise trade ordering. One of the biggest challenges in blockchain trading has been MEV, where traders can lose value due to transaction ordering issues. Flashbots has developed an innovative solution using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) - secure computational environments that ensure fair and transparent trade processing. The benefits of this new approach are far-reaching. Regular traders experience faster and more reliable transactions. Developers gain access to enhanced tools for building sophisticated trading applications. And the entire system operates with significantly improved efficiency. This development signals an important shift in blockchain technology's evolution. Rather than attempting to create all-purpose blockchains, we're witnessing the emergence of specialized chains designed for specific use cases. In this instance, Unichain excels at one crucial function: enabling superior trading experiences. We'll explore these technological improvements in detail and examine how they're shaping the future of onchain scaling for Ethereum, in the dark forest. The Rollup Join The Rollup Edge: https://members.therollup.co Website: https://therollup.co Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd.. Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco Follow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollup Follow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandy Join our TG group: https://t.me/+8ARkR_YZixE5YjBh The Rollup Disclosures: https://therollup.co/the-rollup-discl...

This is my conversation with Quintus Kilbourn, researcher at Flashbots and currently working on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:06) - what is a TEE(00:12:23) - TEE use cases: one-shot transactions, autonomous AI agents(00:25:27) - unbreakable hardware enclaves(00:41:14) - physical hardware access as a threat vector(00:47:20) - sponsor: Splits(00:48:04) - defending against physical attacks(00:55:57) - resources focused on TEEs(01:10:25) - defending against supply chain attacks(01:19:34) - hardware imaging(01:28:48) - the roadmap(01:32:53) - outroLinks:- Quintus on X: https://x.com/0xQuintus- Flashbots: https://www.flashbots.net/- ZTEE: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEEThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Can we get Ethereum without tradeoffs? Probably not but we're gonna try. This week we're joined by MEV searcher and developer 0xprincess to discuss “trustless order flow operations layers,” or how 1-second block times with no protocol changes or L2s can happen today. Later on we get into Wintermute, Flashbots and chain order flow. Follow our guest on Twitter: @0x9212ce55 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:47 Who is 0xPrincess? 03:52 How does T.O.O.L. work? 05:30 Designing TOOL 07:41 Trusted execution environments 11:05 We'll decentralize it soon(TM) 15:50 Network participants 18:24 Validator load 21:02 TOOL reduces ETH block times 26:23 TOOL v pre-confirmation 28:55 Wintermute & Flashbots 34:54 Bye bye builder? 38:25 Off chain order flow 41:46 Private order flow, obvious in hindsight? 45:45 Can't get rid of monopolies? 50:01 ETH protocol development 55:08 L2s 58:58 MAKE THE L1 GREAT AGAIN!

The U.S. Court of Appeals overturns Tornado Cash sanctions. Flashbots launches BuilderNet. EigenLayer introduces EigenGov. And WalletConnect launches its WCT governance and staking token. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/598

A smart contract's rigid rule system represents a double-edged sword. ‘The Code is Law', but what happens when rogue large language models or AI agents bend the Law? Can smart contracts be weaponised to serve a criminal agenda? In his ‘Oracle' novel, Ari Jules explores this thesis and issues an eery warning regarding the blockchain x AI intersection. In this imminent future, oracles play a crucial role, allowing LLMs to push data on-chain or smart contracts to pull off-chain data.Topics covered in this episode:Criminal Smart ContractsOracle x LLM convergencePreventing malicious intents through oracle systemsAI x crypto use casesDAOsEntropy in voting behavioursDark DAOsTEEs & private smart contractsMEV & proofs of transaction orderingFuture blockchain researchEpisode links:Ari Juels on Twitter'The Oracle: A Novel' by Ari JuelsChainlink on TwitterSponsors:Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.ioChorus1: Chorus1 is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.oneThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.

Uniswap introduces the Unichain L2 network. Flashbots introduces Rollup-Boost. Swell releases an eligibility checker for the SWELL airdrop. And Puffer Finance takes the Protocol Guild pledge. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/571

My guest today is Stephane Gosselin. Stephane co-founded the MEV pirate dev collective Flashbots, which he left in late 2022. His new project, OneBalance, is a framework that substantially reimagines how blockchain accounts are created and managed. In this episode, Stephane and I dive into the lifecycle of an Ethereum transaction today, and the growing number of paths a user's intentions may take to ultimately be expressed onchain. We then dive into OneBalance, Stephane and Ankit Chiplunkar's new account framework that decouples accounts from global consensus machines, in an effort to bundle user state across all chains in a unified wrapper called a Credible Account. It was exciting to speak with Stephane about OneBalance's paradigmatic refresh on the notion of accounts at such an early stage in the project's development. I hope you enjoy the show. As always, this show is provided as entertainment and does not constitute legal, financial, or tax advice or any form of endorsement or suggestion. Crypto has risks and you alone are responsible for doing your research and making your own decisions. Links Introducing OneBalance Alfred

The C.A.K.E framework established that chain abstraction is a collaborative effort, and not a one winner takes all situation. This idea for how the intents and chain abstraction stack works was originally created by Frontier Research and now there is a C.A.K.E working group. Since then, they have also spun off a new project called OneBalance focusing on credible accounts and achieving the chain abstraction experience. We were joined by Stephane, an ex-Flashbots team, and now leading the OneBalance team. We talked about their focus on developing a chain abstracted stack via credible accounts and resource locks. These innovations prevent double-spending and make secure cross-chain messaging possible without the need to lock assets on the source chain. Collaboration is at the heart of OneBalance's mission, along with other chain abstraction contributors. Rather than replacing existing wallet infrastructure like MetaMask or Rabby, OneBalance aims to integrate its credible account capabilities into them to make the transition for users easier. We asked how Stephane sees OneBalance getting traction and what the process would be like for active users to switch to their solution. We also discussed the role that solver networks play in the chain abstraction ecosystem, executing transactions on behalf of users and ensuring fast fills. We discussed the permissionless access, speed, and price optimization properties of solver networks, which allows them to tackle the "order flow trilemma". We also talked about MEV and local consensus towards the end, and uncovered a bold thesis from Stephane...His vision? Every validator and user account to operate as its own rollup. Watch or listen to todays episode to learn about the CAKE framework and credible accounts as a means to achieving the chain abstracted future. Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd.. Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco Follow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollup Follow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandy Join our TG group: https://t.me/+8ARkR_YZixE5YjBh The Rollup Disclosures: https://therollup.co/the-rollup-discl

This is my conversation with Stephane Gosselin, Cofounder of Flashbots and Frontier Research, and now, the head of OneBalanceTimestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:29 sponsor: Optimism- 00:02:34 my existential question about crypto- 00:07:13 global consensus is the problem- 00:14:27 architecting a new system- 00:21:56 OneBalance and Credible Accounts- 00:29:39 credible commitment machines- 00:34:20 sponsor: Privy- 00:35:35 the user issues permissions for solvers- 00:37:06 the trust model- 00:42:20 the CAKE framework and the Credible stack- 00:47:59 privacy- 00:54:54 global consensus blockchains and LLM foundation models- 00:58:55 a company is a mirror on your state of being- 01:08:26 having a strong why - 01:17:46 outroLinks:Stephane Gosselin: https://x.com/thegostepOneBalance: http://onebalance.ioFrontier Research: https://frontier.tech/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:Twitter - https://twitter.com/sinahab Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab Other episodes - https://intothebytecode.com Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Stefan Gosselin-co-founder at Flashbots and founder at OneBalance–joins The Gwart Show. We go through block builder centralization, Stephane's vision for Ethereum, properties of censorship resistance, censorship resistance, shared sequencers, and the future of Bitcoin L2s. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Stephane's background 01:38 Beginning in Web3 04:59 Current projects 06:15 Starting Frontier 07:46 Infinite Games 12:11 Centralization 16:02 PBS design 22:08 Global vs local consensus 29:17 Censorship getting better? 34:34 Are block builders price setters? 37:09 One Balance 41:31 Wallet based roll-up? WTF! 44:55 Protocol design 49:24 Shared sequencers 52:48 Solvers 55:45 Private order flow 59:19 Solana grants & control 1:01:30 Benefits of One Balance 1:07:42 Bitcoin L2 1:12:29 10 yr crypto vision 1:13:35 Wrap up Follow our guest on Twitter: @thegostep Follow our host: @gwartygwart

In this episode of the EUVC podcast, Andreas discusses, with Richard Muirhead, Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures, the transformative potential of Web3 and AI.Richard shares insights into how these technologies will reshape the internet, the power dynamics between big tech and decentralized communities, and Fabric Ventures' role in this evolving landscape. They also discuss ethical considerations, the development of decentralized finance, and the challenges and opportunities facing venture capital in Europe.Fabric Ventures is a 125M EUR fund, with 250M under management, anchored in Europe around Paris & Zurich, but investing globally. They are actively investing in WEB3, which has become a global phenomenon, and they have incredible investments in their portfolio so far, such as Sorare, Ramp, Near, Immutable, Polkadot, Flashbots, and many more.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview

Flashbots' Hasu discusses the recent MEV Boost exploit, emphasizing the ongoing MEV challenges and the need for decentralized solutions.Follow the show here for more.This installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk interview Hasu, head of strategy at Flashbots and advisor to the Lido DAO. They discuss the recent exploit in the MEV Boost codebase, the Department of Justice's response, and the ongoing efforts to solve MEV. The conversation also covers restaking, Lido's role in the restaking ecosystem, censorship resistance, design differences between Eigenlayer and Symbiotic, and the future of Ethereum.Takeaways | The recent exploit in the MEV Boost code base highlights the ongoing battle to solve MEV and the need for more decentralized solutions.Restaking is a market to rent economic security and work from an open market, and there are different approaches to restaking, such as native restaking and non-native restaking.Lido aims to make staked ETH the dominant asset in Ethereum DeFi and stimulate demand for renting security with StakeETH.The design differences between Eigenlayer and Symbiotic in the restaking ecosystem offer different trade-offs in terms of capital efficiency and spillover effects.Censorship resistance in Ethereum can be addressed through inclusion lists, private memepools, and geographical/geopolitical diversity in the network.Chapters00:00 MEV Exploit and the Battle to Solve MEV09:04 The Role of Lido in the Restaking Ecosystem21:11 Swav: Fast, Private, and Decentralized Off-chain Computation28:11 Restaking: Renting Economic Security32:54 Design Differences: Eigenlayer vs. Symbiotic39:02 StakeETH: Making Staked ETH the Dominant Asset40:55 Addressing Censorship Resistance in EthereumSign Up for THE PROTOCOL NEWSLETTER EPISODE LINKS | How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges -The Protocol has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Take Me Back” by Strength To Last.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's interview Hasu from Flashbots and Vasiliy from Lido DAO discuss the current state of Ethereum's issuance and staking dynamics post-merge. They explore the potential impact of institutional demand, solo staking, and restaking on the validator set and issuance policy. The conversation also touches on the evolving role of liquid staking derivatives like stETH and how Lido plans to adapt its strategy as more activity moves to Layer 2 rollups. Thanks for tuning in! - - Follow Vasiliy: https://twitter.com/_vshapovalov Follow Hasu: https://twitter.com/hasufl Follow Boccaccio: https://twitter.com/tripleboccaccio Follow Westie: https://twitter.com/WestieCapital Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages. Claim your unique Wormhole NFT at https://forms.clickup.com/45049775/f/1aytxf-16531/KJK3BCP3FQKVJLUAAX - - Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO's intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders. Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/ - - Marinade is the leading Solana staking service that spreads your stake across 100+ top validators, distributes MEV rewards, and provides automatic downside protection with new Protected Staking Rewards. Choose to liquid stake for mSOL for use in DeFi, or delegate your stake through Marinade Native, which gives you full custody of your SOL and no smart contract risk. Max performance for you, max performance for Solana. https://blckwrks.co/Marinade - - Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:32) State of Eth Issuance (17:54) Wormhole Ad (18:33) Pear Ad (18:58) Marinade Ad (19:37) Avalanche Ad (20:19) Institutional Lido Demand (27:02) Changing ETH Issuance Curve (42:17) ETH Native Liquidity (47:24) Impact of ETH Restaking - - Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this week's episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Brendan Farmer (https://twitter.com/_bfarmer) catch up with Ben Fisch (https://twitter.com/benafisch), CEO of Espresso Systems (https://www.espressosys.com/). They explore the inner workings of the current L2 sequencing landscape and then discuss how a shared sequencing marketplace like Espresso works. They touch on how MEV plays a part in the new system, how the role of the sequencer can be separated into subroles, how all these parts will work together in such a system and much more. Here's some additional links for this episode: Episode 222: Something Brewing with Jill Gunter and Ben Fisch from Espresso Systems (https://zeroknowledge.fm/222-2/) Episode 139: Findora with Benedikt Bunz and Ben Fisch (https://zeroknowledge.fm/139-2/) Episode 88: Accumulators with Ben Fisch (https://zeroknowledge.fm/88-2/) CAPE: Configurable Asset Privacy for Ethereum (https://medium.com/@espressosys/cape-configurable-asset-privacy-for-ethereum-71919935643b) CAPE GitHub by Espresso Systems (https://github.com/EspressoSystems/cape) Astria Website (https://www.astria.org/) The Future of MEV is SUAVE by Flashbots (https://writings.flashbots.net/the-future-of-mev-is-suave) Optimism by Superchain (https://app.optimism.io/superchain/) Ben Fisch - Beyond the Base Layer at EthDenver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLnX1t2GXU) EigenDA (https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/eigenda/overview) Episode 188: Analyzing Osmosis & Preventing MEV with Sunny and Dev (https://zeroknowledge.fm/188-2/) Episode 216: A Dip into the Mempool & MEV with Project Blanc (https://zeroknowledge.fm/216-2/) Episode 243: Dive Back into MEV with Alex Stokes and Chris Hager (https://zeroknowledge.fm/243-2/) Episode 291: MEV, Mechanism Design & the Censorship Problem with Mallesh M Pai (https://zeroknowledge.fm/291-2/) Aggregated Blockchains: A New Thesis by Polygon (https://polygon.technology/blog/aggregated-blockchains-a-new-thesis) Based rollups—superpowers from L1 sequencing by Ethereum Research (https://ethresear.ch/t/based-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-sequencing/15016) MEV-Boost GitHub (https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost) The next ZK Hack IRL is happening May 17-19 in Kraków, apply to join now at zkkrakow.com (https://www.zkkrakow.com/). Launching soon, Namada (https://namada.net/) is a proof-of-stake L1 blockchain focused on multichain, asset-agnostic privacy, via a unified shielded set. Namada is natively interoperable with fast-finality chains via IBC, and with Ethereum using a trust-minimised bridge. Follow Namada on Twitter @namada (https://twitter.com/namada) for more information and join the community on Discord discord.gg/namada (http://discord.gg/namada). Aleo (http://aleo.org/) is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup. Dive deeper and discover more about Aleo at http://aleo.org/ (http://aleo.org/). If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on YouTube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/)

Today on the show, we're talking about Oval, a new DeFi primitive that Hart Lambur from UMA is introducing to the world of DeFi's biggest lending markets. Billions of dollars have been liquidated from protocols like Aave, Compound, and MakerDAO over the years, and these liquidations have been extremely inefficiently priced, due to reasons! Reasons that we will discuss here on the show today.  Hasu also joins us on this conversation today to discuss the way that MEV share from Flashbots is a part of this conversation, and he helps illuminate what this means for DeFi going forward as a whole. ------ ⛓️ Visit dydx.exchange to learn about dYdX Chain https://dydx.zone/3SfJTP7  ------

The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414.--------------------------------------------------Timestamps of each section:00:00 Intro01:13 Flashbots' Research on DEX Volumeshttps://x.com/0xangelfish/status/1747720921673277684?s=2002:51 Quantifying Retail Demand & Liquidity04:00 Understanding the Sankey Diagramhttps://orderflow.art/08:48 Order Flow Auction & Private Mempool11:12 Exploring the Solver Model17:27 Complexity of the DEX Landscape19:58 Direct Integration with Market Makers23:29 Centralization Risks & Critiques28:43 Inscriptions on Bitcoin & EVM Chainshttps://dune.com/dataalways/ordinalshttps://dune.com/hildobby/inscriptions42:13 Bitcoin ETFshttps://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfshttps://x.com/hildobby_/status/1752348791296954806?s=20https://dune.com/21shares/arkb-bitcoin-holdingshttps://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1752336293537943613?s=2001:01:10 Jupiter Airdrop & Comparing crosschain Statshttps://twitter.com/MoonOverlord/status/1751797732577018286?s=20https://decrypt.co/214622/solana-flips-ethereum-defi-trading-jupiter-airdrop-nearshttps://dune.com/decrypto_space/state-of-ethereum-scalinghttps://dune.com/ilemi/solana-dex-metrics01:13:56 Closing Remarks--------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week, they are joined by Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, an infrastructure provider that mitigates the impact of maximum extractable value (MEV) on Solana — specifically spam and wasted block space. He and the gang discuss how the Jito airdrop this month helped rejuvenate Solana; how Jito differs from Flashbots, its counterpart on Ethereum; Solana's potential scalability; and how Solana believers have been vindicated by the developments of the last few months.  Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights:  Why Jito is a crucial development in the Solana ecosystem and its potential impact on network performance What sets Jito apart from its counterpart on Ethereum, Flashbots, in terms of functionality and benefits Whether Solana's speed uniquely influences Jito's effectiveness compared to Flashbots Lucas' explanation of maximum extractable value (MEV) and how it operates within the Solana network, providing insight into its complexities and advantages Whether Solana's infrastructure could sustain block production if the AWS integration encounters disruptions How the Jito airdrop may have rejuvenated the Solana network, potentially marking an end to its "ice age" What recent surges in on-chain activity in Solana indicate about the network's health and user engagement Where MEV fees in Solana are directed and who benefits from this value accrual within the ecosystem Whether Solana dapps are evolving their architectures to mitigate MEV opportunities and enhance network security How Tarun envisions the design of Solana's fee market for optimal efficiency and fairness Whether Solana has the inherent capacity for infinite scalability and what potential bottlenecks might impede this growth Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly  Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly  Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures Guest: Lucas Bruder, CEO of Jito Labs Links MEV: Previous coverage of Unchained on MEV:  Unchained: Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users? Two Sides Debate The Chopping Block: Why the Once-Taboo MEV Is Now a Core Part of Ethereum CoinDesk: What Is MEV, aka Maximal Extractable Value? Jito:  Unchained: Jito, Solana-Based Liquid Staking Protocol, Airdrops Governance Token Solana Validator 101: Transaction Processing Jito Block Engine Expands Access to All Solana MEV Traders Solana's recent activity and bull run: Unchained:  Anatoly Yakovenko on Solana's Astounding Recovery and Its Future Plans Solana Takes the Lead in Daily Stablecoin Transfer Volume Solana Surges to $84, Flips Ethereum in Weekly DEX Volume Paxos Bringing Stablecoin Issuance on Solana, Diversifying Beyond Ethereum Solana's model: Solana Proof of History: How Solana brings time to crypto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Archebyte, Katherine Wu and fellow Archetype team member, Nick Pai, are joined by the CEO and co-founder of Risk Labs, Hart Lambur, to talk bridges, L2s, and interoperability.Hart and Risk Labs are best known for creating UMA, an optimistic oracle, and Across Protocol, a crosschain bridge. In the multichain future that is quickly becoming the present, infrastructure like oracles, bridges, and sequencers play crucial roles. But, these tools that are meant to facilitate interoperability between blockchains still have plenty of room for improvement.During our conversation, we dig into the problems that bridges currently face, how Across is designed to mitigate them, and what a safer multichain ecosystem looks like. Hart and Nick give their thoughts on centralized, decentralized, and shared sequencers, intents, and the role aggregators play in regards to bridges. They also answer the loaded question - are bridges L2s?

Phil Daian is a crypto-economic researcher! Phil is the lead author behind the landmark paper, “Flash Boys 2.0,” which introduced and defined the MEV problem in the Ethereum landscape, over 4 years ago. He is the cofounder of FlashBots, which is a research and dev organization with the mission of mitigating the negative externalities of MEV. Andrew Miller is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, SGX Bull, and visiting researcher at Flashbots, and big believer in cypherpunk values through crypto-economic mechanisms.  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-suave  Have you ever heard of Flashbots? Flashbots is the silent protector of Ethereum, a shield against the forces of centralization that silently sneak into our cryptosystems and turn them into TradFi. It's one of the unsung heroes of crypto. The guests we have on today are from Flashbots, Phil Daian, and Andrew Miller. They believe the biggest centralization threats in crypto still lie ahead. And they've got a new platform that's being built to defend against them. It's called “Suave”, and we've been hearing a lot about it recently - “Solving MEV” - “Decentralizing block building” - but going into this episode, we weren't sure exactly what it was. We found out during this episode.  -----

Welcome back to Archebyte! We're kicking off Season 4 with a deep dive into the MEV supply chain, SAUVE, order flow auctions, and the future of programmable privacy with Shea Ketsdever from Flashbots ⚡

The maximal extractable value (MEV) problem, if left unchecked, could represent an existential threat to Ethereum's core values. One might argue that it is a natural result of solving market inefficiencies, but it entices to centralisation and collusion in order to extract the highest amount of value. Additionally, through front-running and back-running, it creates unnecessary overhead, which caused up to 2.4% of the total network congestion back in DeFi summer of 2020 (according to Flashbots' research). As current infrastructure cannot eliminate MEV altogether, Flashbots and other research groups have tried to come up with solutions to address its aftermath.We were joined by Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots and Frontier Research, to discuss the MEV landscape, what research breakthroughs have been recorded and how they impact DevEx and UX.Topics covered in this episode:Reflecting on ‘Frontrunning the MEV crisis'Decentralising the MEV ‘supply chain'The vision behind Frontier ResearchRequest-for-Quotation (RFQ) explainedBlock buildingUniswap X and how it might impact LPs & block buildingDecentralising block buildingProposer-builder separation (PBS)MEV burnHow MEV influenced different applications' UX IntentsEpisode links:Stephane Gosselin on TwitterFrontier ResearchFrontier Research on TwitterFlashbotsThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/511

The U.S. Treasury releases proposed regulations for digital asset exchanges. ethOS sells out pre-orders for its Ethereum Phone. Flashbots publishes a transparency report. And Noir is now supported on VS Code.

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down slightly at $29,165 Eth is down slightly at $1,850 XRP down slightly at 69 cents Ripple is running a pilot program with the Republic of Palau Era Lend loses $3.4 million in a reentrancy attack. Flashbots hits unicorn status Avalanche Foundation is setting aside $50 million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Worldcoin goes live on OP Mainnet. Vitalik discusses Proof of Personhood. Conic Finance suffers a reentrancy exploit. And Flashbots open sources MEV-Share Node. Read more: https://ether.fm/258 Click here to mint today's 1/1 NFT on Zora.

Synthetix introduces a new front end for Perps. Arbitrum proposes a Security Council Elections implementation. Flashbots introduces MEVM. And core developers seek to reduce Ethereum's validator set.

Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol goes live on Arbitrum. Nethermind releases Sedge v1.2.1. Flashbots publishes a transparency report. And Aave governance votes for a V3 deployment on Scroll. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/665

✨About Skip Protocol ✨ Skip protocol can be likened to flashbots of the interchain. With mainnet outposts deployed on juno and evmos so far, they're getting ahead of the specter of mev seekers profiteering risk-free in attempts to pillage the value from within the cosmos network. Here's a deep dive into how Skip redistributes mev profits across a more distributed set of validators while securing the interchain. (Disclosure: Chjango Unchained is an angel investor in Skip).)

Doug Colkitt is an ex-high frequency trader, ex-MEV bot searcher, and founder of the decentralized exchange CrocSwap. In this episode, we talk about all three.  We begin with high frequency trading, where Doug walks us through the differences between maker and taker strategies, why queue position is so critical for makers, and why volatility is a high frequency trader's best friend. We then discuss Ethereum-based MEV strategies.  Doug explains what MEV is, how the architecture of the Ethereum block chain allows it to exist, and a high level topology of the different types of MEV strategies that exist.  He also explains how the game theory behind MEV changed dramatically with the launch of Flashbots. Finally, we talk about his new decentralized exchange CrocSwap and its primary innovations, including dynamic fee levels, identification of toxic flow, and vaults that enable KYC. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Doug Colkitt.

Flashbots introduces Simple-Blind-Arbitrage. The Uniswap Foundation launches a delegate race. Linea announces an Odyssey campaign. And Safe launches a non-technical account abstraction hackathon. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.substack.com

Flashbots releases a beta version of MEV-Share. Optimism introduces the OP Erigon execution client. A Tornado Cash developer is freed from jail. And Alchemix releases a self-repaying ENS tool. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.substack.com This episode is sponsored by Ether Capital! Ether Capital's staking dashboard provides much-needed transparency into your staking operations. This free analytics tool aggregates and exports financial data, tracks rewards, and monitors validator performance (ie. missed attestations, slashings). Register today to access the beta version: beta.ethcap.co

Austin is focused on developer onboarding and mentoring. He founded BuidlGuidl to empower builders to create resources and prototypes for the Ethereum ecosystem, and compensates and motivates them in the most web3 way. Ready to learn more? Let's dive in!Key Takeaways:Subjective and trust-based compensation (03:04)Trustful UBI and scaling (08:29)How BuidlGuidl is funded (10:10)Shill or be shilled (11:41)UBI illustrated (14:13)Retroactive public goods funding (24:06)Austin, pre-crypto, pre-ETH (29:53)The story of ABI Ninja and Flashbots (33:44)Hottest Scaffold builds that are ready to fork (40:29)Important shills Speed Run Ethereum and Tech Tree (45:41)Additional Resources:Learn more about BuidlGuidlFollow BuidlGuidlConnect with AustinLearn more about Logos DAOConnect with Logos DAO on LinkedIn and TwitterGet all the news from DAO or NeverIf you enjoyed this episode, please follow, rate, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

Welcome to “The Chopping Block!” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week, Flashbots co-founder Phil Daian joins the show to go deep on what maximal extractable value (MEV) means and how it's shaping the Ethereum ecosystem. Show highlights: how Phil started working in MEV and why he believes it resembles 'Alice in Wonderland' Phil's definition of MEV and when he realized this was an actual problem how Flashbots was born the story of how Vitalik didn't care about sandwich attacks at the time Uniswap was released whether it's possible to minimize MEV via more competition the never-ending debate about whether MEV should be accepted why Tarun thinks the concept of fair ordering is against nature  how Bitcoin uses social norms to solve its weaknesses  how Google is being called out in court for creating auction to front run its customers how Flashbots worked prior to and after Ethereum's Merge why Flashbots complies with OFAC sanctions  what is the Suave project and how it aims to decentralize Flashbots what the future of MEV looks like Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital Guest: Phil: Twitter Disclosures Links The Block: Flashbots seeks up to $50 million at a billion-dollar valuation CoinDesk: Opinion: Miners, Front-Running-as-a-Service Is Theft CNN: DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market Unchained: 51% of Ethereum Blocks Are OFAC Censored Given the Sanctions on Tornado Cash, Is Ethereum Censorship Resistant? - Ep. 390 The Cost of Decentralization in 0x and EtherDelta Previous coverage of Unchained on MEV: Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users? Two Sides Debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode of 0xResearch, we host an analyst hour to debate which projects, personalities and market events should be in crypto's 2022 Mount Rushmore. This is the ultimate 2022 recap of what happened, what mattered and where we go next. We've even timestamped every topic we cover below. Check it out! - - Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (01:07) Starbucks Odyssey (02:38) Names We Won't Forget (05:31) Yuga Labs (08:34) ETH Merge & Burn (10:57) $1.9B in Bridge Hacks (13:02) Tornado Cash Ban (14:54) The Launch of Canto (16:16) Solana and Saga Phone (18:45) Layer 2 Adoption (21:24) DeFi's Expansion (22:18) Zk-Tech is Heating Up (23:49) MEV-Boost & Flashbots (26:24) Moon Birds and Limit Break Digi's (29:40) Institutional and Web2 Adoption (32:31) The AppChain Thesis and Improved Economics (38:27) Crypto Data Tools (39:45) LayerZero Labs (42:32) Sudoswap (44:44) Do Kwon (47:28) Flipside & THORChain's Synth Utilization (50:21) Alt L1 Thesis vs Ethereum's Ecosystem (01:01:01) Bitcoin's Security Model Controversy (01:09:21) What Will Outperform in 2023? - - Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/smyyguy Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Westie: https://twitter.com/WestieCapital Follow Pibblez: https://twitter.com/0xpibblez Follow Matt: https://twitter.com/MattFiebach Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Resources Blockworks Research Dune dashboards (best in the biz) https://dune.com/blockworks_research TVL breakdown by smart contract language https://defillama.com/languages THORChain synths data from Flipside https://bit.ly/3HV7kK1 -- Chainalysis is the leading blockchain analytics company. Web3 companies like Dapper, Gemini, and Crypto.com manage risk, drive investigations, and inform growth strategies with Chainalysis. Together, we build trust in blockchains, grow safe consumer access to cryptocurrency, and promote more financial freedom with less risk. Visit Chainalysis.com/blockworks to learn more now. -- Flipside has the most comprehensive data in web3 to get you the insights you need to work smarter. Instantly query the data yourself (for free!) or browse dashboards by elite analysts to find hidden alpha and get the edge you need to win. Earn up to $75 USDC by completing 0xResearch's exclusive bounty for analysts on Flipside: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/drops/0xresearch-bounty-defi-users-7f5442 - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) explores the concept of Ultrasound Money with Justin Drake (https://twitter.com/drakefjustin) from the Ethereum Foundation (https://ethereum.org/en/foundation/). They kick off with updates on his work in VDFs, MEV and censorship resistance, alongside his particular interests in ZK and how the progress VRFs have made can be applied in Ethereum's POS architecture. They then dive into the original concept of Ultrasound Money and where Justin sees it progressing to in the future, including the current status around issuance. Here are some additional links for this episode: Episode 74: Blockchain 101: Randomness and Random Beacons with Justin Drake (https://zeroknowledge.fm/74-2/) Episode 120: ZKPs in Ethereum with Vitalik Buterin & Justin Drake (https://zeroknowledge.fm/120-2/) Episode 168: Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin (https://zeroknowledge.fm/168-2/) Zero Knowledge Episodes on zkEVMs (https://zeroknowledge.fm/?s=zk+evm) ZK Whiteboard Sessions: Module Fourteen - Nova Crash Course with Justin Drake (https://zkhack.dev/whiteboard/module-fourteen/) MevWatch.Info (https://www.mevwatch.info/) DeFi Llama (https://defillama.com/) L2BEAT (https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl/) Ultrasound.Money Website (https://ultrasound.money/) RISC Zero announce the next version of their ZKVM is now available on GitHub at github.com/risc0 (https://github.com/risc0) Today's episode is sponsored by Mina Protocol (https://minaprotocol.com/) The need for private, trustless solutions is clear. A new era of ZK powered decentralized applications is coming – and Mina is the place to build them. Introducing Mina's zkIgnite Cohort 0, where developers complete tutorials and build zero knowledge apps, or zkApps, and get rewarded. There are a quarter-of-a-million MINA tokens up for grabs for zkIgnite Cohort 0 participants. Cohort 0 is finishing soon so head to minaprotocol.com/zkpodcast (https://minaprotocol.com/zkpodcast) to get involved today. If you are tuning in to this podcast later, no worries! Mina will be launching additional zkIgnite Cohorts, just head to minaprotocol.com/zkpodcast (https://minaprotocol.com/zkpodcast) to check out the best way to get involved. If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/) * Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) * Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2)

In this episode, Ria is joined by Robert Miller, Steward at Flashbots, which is a research and development organization with the aim to reduce the negative externalities and risks posed by MEV, or maximal extractable value. We cover: The MEV supply chain and how it's evolved as Ethereum transitioned from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake The new challenges and risk vectors that have emerged as a result of the transition, notably around decentralization and censorship resistance The tools Flashbots has proposed and implemented in response, such as Flashbots Auction, MEV Geth, MEV Boost, and the open sourcing of these tools to foster a competitive market The risk posed by exclusive order flow and cross domain MEV in centralizing block building The latest endeavor of the organization to decentralize block building using a new network - SUAVE (the single unifying auction for value expression) Research mentioned:  Order flow, auctions and centralisation - Quintus  Flashbots – The Good, Bad and the Ugly of MEV

Bonus Episode: At a side event at Devcon in Bogota Colombia, Friederike moderated a panel discussion on censorship resistance and credible neutrality with Phil from Flashbots, Patrick from Infura, Sebastian from HOPR, Martin from Gnosis, and Sreeram from EigenLayer. We dove deep into what credible neutrality constitutes, whether it needs defending, and if so how we should go about it.Topics covered in this episode:Introduction to the panelWhat is censorship resistance and credible neutrality?When has Ethereum been or not been crediably neutral, and where is it todayRecent cencorship instances in the spaceThe roadmaps for more credible neutralityEpisode links: DevconThis episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/B007

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin to chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry.    Show topics: Whether crypto optimism is different in Asia than in the United States How Sam Bankman-Fried has been doing some work with US regulators How the CFTC lawsuit against Ooki DAO changed people's perspectives about the regulator Whether the lawsuit could make all DeFi illegal and the role of DAOs to coordinate governance The SEC settlement with Kim Kardashian for $1.26 million, Gensler's video explaining the case and whether it was a publicity stunt Why Tarun would fire almost everyone at the CFTC and the SEC to hire more technical people How the NFT QQL collection censored a marketplace in its code What the whole purpose of NFTs is, according to Haseeb The debate around NFT royalties and their enforcement How a huge portion of the blocks in Ethereum are generated by Flashbots and whether it represents a centralizing force  Whether MEV should be stopped or accelerated    Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital   Guest Laura Shin, author, and host of Unchained   Episode Links   The lawsuit against Ooki DAO Previous Coverage of Unchained on Ooki DAO: Why the Ooki DAO Case Could Hurt Participation in DAOs Kristin Smith on Why Crypto Legislation Could Be Passed by Year's End CFTC Filing $250,000 fine Nik's article CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger's dissenting statement CFTC serving the members of the Ooki DAO via their forum Tim Copeland's article on what's next for DAOs A federal court ruled that the CFTC legally served Ooki DAO through a website help bot. The LeXpunK Army filed a motion for amicus status in the SEC case against bZx/Ooki DAO. Crypto group DeFi Education Fund argued that the CFTC should properly serve Ooki DAO's actual members, not just the DAO at large.   NFT Royalties Tyler Hobbs' QQL $17 million collection QQL blacklist explanation NFT platform hits back Previous episode of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties Article: Why NFT Creators and Collectors Can't Stop Talking About Artist Royalties Article: NFT Royalties: Why artists love them, and traders don't  SEC charges against Kim Kardashian The SEC fined reality TV star Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for promoting a crypto security without proper disclosure. Fortune article on the Kim Kardashian settlement as publicity stunt eMax price spiked Gary Gensler's video  Flashbots and MEV Post-merge relay drama What is MEV Proposer-Builder separation:  MEV Boost Flashbots auctions Previous Coverage of Unchained on MEV: Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users?

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra were joined by Laura Shin to chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry.    Show topics: Whether crypto optimism is different in Asia than in the United States How Sam Bankman-Fried has been doing some work with US regulators How the CFTC lawsuit against Ooki DAO changed people's perspectives about the regulator Whether the lawsuit could make all DeFi illegal and the role of DAOs to coordinate governance The SEC settlement with Kim Kardashian for $1.26 million, Gensler's video explaining the case and whether it was a publicity stunt Why Tarun would fire almost everyone at the CFTC and the SEC to hire more technical people How the NFT QQL collection censored a marketplace in its code What the whole purpose of NFTs is, according to Haseeb The debate around NFT royalties and their enforcement How a huge portion of the blocks in Ethereum are generated by Flashbots and whether it represents a centralizing force  Whether MEV should be stopped or accelerated    Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital   Guest Laura Shin, author, and host of Unchained   Episode Links   The lawsuit against Ooki DAO Previous Coverage of Unchained on Ooki DAO: Why the Ooki DAO Case Could Hurt Participation in DAOs Kristin Smith on Why Crypto Legislation Could Be Passed by Year's End CFTC Filing $250,000 fine Nik's article CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger's dissenting statement CFTC serving the members of the Ooki DAO via their forum Tim Copeland's article on what's next for DAOs A federal court ruled that the CFTC legally served Ooki DAO through a website help bot. The LeXpunK Army filed a motion for amicus status in the SEC case against bZx/Ooki DAO. Crypto group DeFi Education Fund argued that the CFTC should properly serve Ooki DAO's actual members, not just the DAO at large.   NFT Royalties Tyler Hobbs' QQL $17 million collection QQL blacklist explanation NFT platform hits back Previous episode of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties Article: Why NFT Creators and Collectors Can't Stop Talking About Artist Royalties Article: NFT Royalties: Why artists love them, and traders don't   SEC charges against Kim Kardashian The SEC fined reality TV star Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for promoting a crypto security without proper disclosure. Fortune article on the Kim Kardashian settlement as publicity stunt eMax price spiked Gary Gensler's video   Flashbots and MEV Post-merge relay drama What is MEV Proposer-Builder separation:  MEV Boost Flashbots auctions Previous Coverage of Unchained on MEV: Why Is Ethereum Trying to Maximize Value From Users?

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Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi and Tom Schmidt chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Jill Gunter, the empress of Espresso, also joined the conversation.    Show topics: Whether product management is the new consulting What is going to happen with macroeconomics and whether monetary policy is data-driven Why Jill's faith is getting renewed, especially after listening to Fed authorities The TL;DR on the Ava Labs conspiracy story Why the industry needs a decentralized RPC The role of Flashbots and Ethermine in censoring transactions  Potential over-compliance from the biggest crypto projects on how to deal with sanctioned addresses Whether social slashing allows Ethereum to stay uncensored The importance of educating regulators on crypto What Haseeb thinks lawyers would recommend to Coinbase about validating transactions from sanctioned addresses The significance of both transactional and application-layer privacy How stablecoin providers need to implement some basic levels of privacy Why corporations do not run Ethereum and whether users are pro-OFAC restrictions Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt   Guest Jill Gunter Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillrgunter Episode Links   Tornado Cash Treasury Press release  Tornado Cash developer arrested  Circle freezes USDC in sanctioned wallets Crypto exchange dYdX blocked accounts that received funds from Tornado Cash What the sanctions mean for privacy coins Celebrities get dusted Previous coverage of the Tornado Cash Sanctions on Unchained: Is TRM Labs Blocking Addresses From DeFi Protocols? Ari Redbord Says No  Tornado Cash Sanctioned. Did the Government Overstep Its Bounds? The Chopping Block: Did OFAC Overstep by Sanctioning Tornado Cash? Ava Labs Accusations: CoinDesk article  Crypto Leaks article   Social Slashing and Censorship on ETH Axios summary of the situation BitMex research on how the sanctions affect Ethereum Ethermine banning transactions Nic Carter's article Eric Wall's article on social slashing Hetzner banning Ethereum users Previous Coverage on Unchained Given the Sanctions on Tornado Cash, Is Ethereum Censorship Resistant?

Stephane Gosselin, cofounder and chief architect of Flashbots, and Uri Klarman, CEO of Bloxroute Labs, joined Unchained to discuss everything about MEV, an especially important topic now with the Merge coming.    Show highlights: what MEV is, how it works under Proof of Work some examples of MEV, like frontrunning and arbitrage how MEV is a rabbit hole full of monsters the role of Flashbots in the MEV industry and how Flashbots enabled a reduction of gas fees for users how MEV-geth functions and how it relates to auctions systems how Bloxroute, Uri's company, is working with MEV where Stephane and Uri disagree on MEV, despite agreeing on many fundamental things how MEV changes with the implementation of Proof of Stake what MEV-Boost is and the problems it solves what proposer-builder separation is and the motivation behind this idea whether DeFi would flourish more if there wasn't frontrunning and why MEV-Boost doesn't prevent it what externalities MEV-Boost or proposer-builder separation (PBS) would solve for users how MEV exists in other industries and in traditional finance why Flashbots' own investors would rather trade on a fair-sequenced rollup than on Flashbots how the number of MEV extractors has been decreasing and whether this would end up centralizing MEV whether exploiting certain types of MEV is illegal how other chains are trying to solve frontrunning, like Osmosis with threshold encryption what are the levers that can be pulled to solve MEV, according to Uri how eradicating MEV can positively affect the price of ETH, and by how much whether validators can potentially share MEV profits with users how to determine if a network has a good MEV supply chain Thank you to our sponsors!   Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021 Ava Labs: https://www.avax.network/ a16z: https://link.chtbl.com/HObAJQDL?sid=unchained   Show Links   Uri:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/uriklarman   Stephane:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegostep   Previous coverage of MEV on Unchained: The Debate Over Ethereum MEV: Should It Be Minimized or Boosted?: https://laurashin.bulletin.com/the-debate-over-ethereum-mev-should-it-be-minimized-or-boosted The Other Side(s) of Ethereum's MEV Argument: https://laurashin.bulletin.com/the-other-side-s-of-ethereum-s-mev-argument MEV What is MEV: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/mev/#:~:text=Maximal%20extractable%20value%20(MEV)%20refers,of%20transactions%20in%20a%20block Proposer-Builder separation: https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/proposer-builder-separation Uri's blog post: https://medium.com/@uri_61495/flipping-the-table-on-the-mev-game-dc31df8baaf7 MEV Profit sharing validators: https://www.recvc.com/mev-2-0-the-rise-of-mpsvs/ Panel conversation mentioned in the episode (39:53): https://youtu.be/UKfBFV1TuEM?t=2393 Sealed auction design: https://ethresear.ch/t/mev-sgx-a-sealed-bid-mev-auction-design/9677  Priority Gas Auction (PGA): https://www.mev.wiki/terms-and-concepts/priority-gas-auctions#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20priority%20gas,up%20fees%20for%20other%20users. Dune's dashboard - amount of MEV extractors: https://dune.com/queries/1171509  The MEV Game of the Crypto Economy: Osmosis' Threshold Encryption vs. SGX of Flashbot?: https://mirror.xyz/infinet.eth/SFjR1H1-RMnKoIoPjqkxpauVPrLYGqLHQP1dY9FHvx4 Bank of International Settlements report on MEV: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull58.pdf   Flashbots Flashboys 2.0 paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05234.pdf Flashbots Dashboard: https://dashboard.flashbots.net/ Flashbots auctions: https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/overview Flashbots relay open source: https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1559908331145265156?s=20&t=gtHe5sVetxQXVKfZL2VMYg MEV Boost: https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/mev-boost MEV in ETH PoS: https://writings.flashbots.net/writings/mev-boost-call-for-testing

Stephane Gosselin is the Founder of Flashbots, an R&D organization that's trying to fix the most pernicious problem in crypto—the problem of MEV (Maximum Extractable Value). Many of us are massively optimistic about crypto and aren't worried too much about its future. However, this MEV thing could be our achilles heel. On this episode, we dive into what Stephane and his team are doing to make MEV less of a potential weak point, how MEV works, and what our industry would look like if Flashbots didn't exist. And of course—so much more. This is another fundamental Bankless episode that you won't want to miss. ------

In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, Jason is joined by two of Blockworks' top research analysts, Dan Smith and Sam Martin, to discuss this week's biggest stories. Highlights include: -- Is Sudoswap a zero to one moment for NFTs? -- Is Ethereum's censorship resistance compromised? -- Will anyone use ETH PoW post-merge? Tune in to find out! - - Timecodes: (00:00) Introduction (00:32) Ethereum's censorship risk, 3 potential outcomes (11:40) Will the ETH PoW chain have value? (15:42) FlashBots is open sourcing their relayer software (19:19) Crypto's reliance on centralized cloud providers (21:24) Avalanche Ad (22:52) Sudoswap, a zero to one moment for NFTs? (33:17) OpenSea vs Sudo (35:48) Should NFTs have creator royalty fees? (39:12) Canto, a weird crypto experiment (NFA) (47:26) Canada enforces new crypto regulation - - Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/smyyguy Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw - - Referenced in the show: Blockworks Research https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Ape Board (migrated to Nansen Portfolio) https://portfolio.nansen.ai/

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Laura Shin, host of Unchained and author of The Cryptopians, also joined the conversation.    Show topics: What Tornado Cash is and why it got sanctioned by the OFAC The difference between Tornado Cash and blender.io  Whether privacy is dead as a category and whether regulators are going after it How these sanctions have a negative impact on the funding of privacy projects How people within the industry can have different points of view, even when they understand the technology Whether the ban of Tornado Cash only means that malicious groups will just go and use other protocols Why regulation by enforcement sucks The asymmetry between the government's sanction and the effort needed to push it back. What changes after the Merge for ETH in terms of centralization Whether some MEV solutions make Ethereum more centralized Why MEV is intrinsic to blockchains and whether it is impossible to get rid of it Why Proposer-Builder Separation is helpful for the network Whether MEV is illegal and the plausibility of major exchanges not extracting MEV Why Facebook has an MEV extraction business model, according to Tarun How some NFT exchanges are not enforcing royalties What Sudoswap is and how it works How the royalties were there to bootstrap the supply side of NFTs Why Tarun thinks music NFTs will never happen The economic reasoning around royalties The differences between NFT marketplaces like OpenSea and Magic Eden Whether NFTs have a real-world use How Dragonfly's acquisition of Metastable brought Laura some old memories Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra    Laura Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurashin Episode Links   Tornado Cash Treasury Press release:  https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Department,since%20its%20creation%20in%202019 Developer arrested: https://www.fiod.nl/arrest-of-suspected-developer-of-tornado-cash/ Coin Center's article authored by Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh: https://www.coincenter.org/u-s-treasury-sanction-of-privacy-tools-places-sweeping-restrictions-on-all-americans/ Second Coin Center's article authored by Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh: https://www.coincenter.org/analysis-what-is-and-what-is-not-a-sanctionable-entity-in-the-tornado-cash-case/ Coin Center may challenge the US Treasury's decision to sanction Tornado Cash: https://decrypt.co/107475/coin-center-tornado-cash-ban-court Circle freezes USDC in sanctioned wallets: https://www.theblock.co/post/162172/circle-freezes-usdc-funds-in-tornado-cashs-us-treasury-sanctioned-wallets  Crypto exchange dYdX blocked accounts that received funds from Tornado Cash: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/11/crypto-exchange-dydx-blocked-accounts-that-received-even-small-amounts-from-tornado-cash/ The possibility of forking Tornado Cash: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/08/10/cloning-tornado-cash-would-be-easy-but-risky/ What the sanctions mean for privacy coins: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/09/what-the-tornado-cash-sanction-means-for-privacy-coins/ Tornado Cash laundered $1.5 billion, according to Elliptic: https://hub.elliptic.co/analysis/tornado-cash-mixer-sanctioned-after-laundering-over-1-5-billion/ Celebrities get Dusted: https://decrypt.co/es/107090/tornado-cash-dusts-public-wallets-jimmy-fallon-brian-armstrong-steve-aoki-logan-paul Secretary of State deletes tweet: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/08/08/us-secretary-of-state-tweets-deletes-claim-that-crypto-mixer-tornado-cash-is-north-korea-sponsored/ Previous Coverage of Unchained: Tornado Cash Sanctioned. Did the Government Overstep Its Bounds?: https://unchainedpodcast.com/tornado-cash-sanctioned-did-the-government-overstep-its-bounds-ep-384/    MEV What is MEV: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/mev/#:~:text=Maximal%20extractable%20value%20(MEV)%20refers,of%20transactions%20in%20a%20block. Proposer-Builder separation: https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/proposer-builder-separation MEV Boost: https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/mev-boost Flashbots auctions: https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/overview   NFTs Why NFT Creators and Collectors Can't Stop Talking About Artist Royalties: https://decrypt.co/107482/why-nft-creators-collectors-artist-royalties NFT Royalties: Why artists love them, and traders don't: https://www.cnbctv18.com/cryptocurrency/nft-royalties-why-artists-love-them-and-traders-dont-14496762.htm  

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-how-to-fix-defi-tokens  This is Hasu's 5th appearance on Bankless and this might be his best one yet. If you're unfamiliar, Hasu is a crypto-economic researcher at Paradigm, strategist at Flashbots solving MEV, host of Uncommon Core, and more recently, a Governor delegate for MakerDAO and overall DAO governance thinker. In this episode, we're going to reorg your brain about what it means to be a DAO. Hear what's broken about DAOs, the potential solutions, what regulation could do to help, and so much more. ------