Podcasts about mev boost

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

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. #RocketPool #rpl #Ethereum #eth #crypto #cryptocurrency #staking #news Podcast RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/cd29a3d8/podcast/rss Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/rocket-fuel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Mvta9d2MsKq2u62w8RSoo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rocket-fuel/id1655014529 0:00 - Welcome Rocket Pool news 0:37 - Price movement https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311346277413294193 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311411985413439609 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1312298573211111484 Comparing bull and bear markets https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311424306281975913 Rewards period 18 results https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/round-18-oct-7-nov-7-grants-bounties-retrospective-awards-results/3395 Grant in the Euler forum https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311581786802749450 https://forum.euler.finance/t/adding-reth-to-euler-prime-market/1153 Patches' v10 update https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1312168905980248074 Longest wait for new validator https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311735705646665778 rETH in Kraken's wallet https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/833727532221071402/1311028174452297879 Liquity V2 testing https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311285993982398556 Finematics mentions RP https://youtu.be/E7x0GATHDac Large RP NO offline since March https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311728547336945724 RP server streak https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1212029664285954058/1312867648584810538 Staking news Client updates https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/tag/v6.0.0 https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/releases/tag/v24.11.0 Pump the Gas gaining traction https://pumpthegas.org/ https://x.com/data_always/status/1863368574632357972?s=46 Blob upgrade coming in Pectra https://x.com/terencechain/status/1862151357727465687 Problem with MEV-Boost https://x.com/terencechain/status/1862025202974273902?s=46 https://x.com/preston_vanloon/status/1862031578454704612 https://x.com/miga_labs/status/1862060754834194675 https://x.com/potuz_eth/status/1862079448658362790 Lido discussing preconfs https://research.lido.fi/t/proposer-commitment-preconf-policy/8939 Ethereum news Tornado Cash wrongly sanctioned https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3lbvb2nqiyw22 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1861565701036896294 https://x.com/0xcygaar/status/1861561592459997686 https://x.com/delzennejc/status/1861837452916228539 Giant ETH ETF inflows https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1311511311825371238 President buying ETH https://x.com/econoar/status/1863360866684653958 https://x.com/cnbc/status/1862512478158016650?s=46 https://x.com/crypto_condom/status/1862658827163758660 In other news No taxes for US crypto? https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1862194999443751259 XRP flips SOL https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/998627604686979214/1312860005942300784 Bitter scores big https://x.com/HyperFND/status/1862007773191708760 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1312082286279262319 https://x.com/cc2ventures/status/1862480216494387490?s=46 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1312406540589727806 Meek is long ETH https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1312822242979090552 LFO starts DX Research Group https://dxrg.ai/ https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1070004025610739883/1313136445527162891

MEV is how some VCs value Layer 1 blockchains, its how "sandwich attacks" happen onchain, and its sometimes toxic. Although, we've found that "toxic flow" is really just profitable user trading onchain...that's a conversation for another day though. MEV has evolved from its early days as "Miner Extractable Value," a term that felt relevant in a proof-of-work world, to "Maximal Extractable Value," a crucial component embedded within Ethereum's economic fabric. As block production on Ethereum became centralized—a trade-off to support a decentralized validator set—the discussion has shifted towards ensuring that this centralization doesn't compromise the core decentralized ethos. This is where things get a bit spicy. In today's pod with Murat from Primev, we discuss the ability for users to receive pre-confs for their transactions, ensuring not just their inclusion in a block but also their execution (this is the big discrepancy). We first met Murat at Modular Summit with Tarun Chitra, where we learned about MEV commit on an iPad whiteboard diagram. We're also seeing a broader discussion unfold around the idea of multiple concurrent proposers, a proposal that could further decentralize block proposal power and potentially reduce censorship. Primev's MEV Commit fits neatly into this narrative by building on top of existing infrastructure like MEV Boost, without requiring drastic changes, and offering additional layers of security and efficiency. Testnet results are already showing promise, with MEV Commit adding up to 10% more value to blocks, which translates to higher rewards for validators and, ultimately, a more secure network. MEV Commit is reshaping how we think about gas markets, private order flow, and the overall efficiency of the Ethereum network. Pretty technical pod, hope you enjoy! 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

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.

The SDNY arrests MEV-Boost exploiters. Cyber launches a social-focused L2. Optimism introduces Blockspace Charters. And Relay now supports swaps across chains. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/465 Sponsor: Harpie is an onchain security solution that protects your wallet from theft in real time. Harpie helps you detect and block suspicious transactions before they execute, safeguarding your assets from malicious attacks and scams. Try Harpie for free at harpie.io/ethdaily.

YouTubeはこちら→https://youtu.be/ECHxr9ZfWS4 荒巻さんのXはこちら→https://twitter.com/_ywzx 今回の参考記事はこちら→Flashbot / MEV-boostの概要と課題、これからについて 10/21開催のMEVのイベントはこちら→MEV Tokyo Salon 荒巻さんの著書はこちら→スマートコントラクトの仕組みと法律 ■アジェンダ 1.自己紹介 2.そもそもMEVとは？ 3.MEV-boostとは？ 4.悪いMEVとは？ 5.MEV-Boostの今後とEthereumの検閲耐性 6.L2サマーに向けて今後どうなるか 過去の参考Episode→https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UltwDWnbBOogtmD98ojQx?si=8d328becb9484818 金城：⁠https://twitter.com/illshin⁠ AKINDOのプロジェクトはこちら：⁠https://twitter.com/akindo_io⁠

The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:09 Two major wins for Ripple vs SEC https://twitter.com/JBSDC/status/1709555368127242461 05:35 Ether Futures ETFs starting to see some flows https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1709553966999068863 07:22 End-to-end ETH home staking guide https://twitter.com/stakesaurus/status/1709419025435164696 09:58 Proof-of-Solvency EIP draft https://twitter.com/PrivacyScaling/status/1709483962601705624 12:34 Slot share of builders within MEV-Boost payment intervals https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1709587268132831705 15:22 New features on growthepie.xyz https://twitter.com/growthepie_eth/status/1709559773526446504 17:38 Economics of EIP-4844 & how RUs might react to new market https://twitter.com/kakia1989/status/1709224456227316025 20:36 Immutable zkEVM: The Road to Mainnet & Beyond https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1709698508692001227 21:52 POL contracts going live on Goerli testnet https://twitter.com/0xPolygonDevs/status/1709534316320227772 24:09 Why aren't we enshrining liquid staked ETH at protocol level https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1709678932151423101 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zAFSsST8ELw Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Hasu and Jon bring on Mike Neuder (Ethereum Foundation) and Chris Hager (Flashbots) to discuss the design philosophy of proposer-builder separation (PBS). They first dive into the past and present implementations of PBS, including MEV-Geth and MEV-Boost on Ethereum. Then they discuss the future of PBS - whether PBS should be enshrined, protocol-enforced proposer commitments (PEPC), PBS on L2s, how to prevent censorship, and more.  __ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro  (01:12) What is PBS? (05:37) The History of PBS (08:43) MEV-Boost (10:18) Block Production in Proof-of-Work  (11:31) Benefits of PBS (14:17) PBS Makes Based Rollups Viable (16:21) PEPC & Proposer Complexity (17:46) Other Builder Services (19:49) PBS & Regulation (22:48) Regulation & Encrypted Mempools (24:38) Division of Labor is Inevitable (26:15) Risks of PBS (29:03) Development of COre Protocol Software (33:31) PEPC, POB, & Alternatives to PBS (41:53) Decentralization vs. Usefulness Tradeoff (46:30) State of PBS in MEV-Boost (50:51) Optimistic Relays (52:09) Enshrined PBS (ePBS)  (55:55) PBS on L2 (58:47) PEPC (01:05:25) Proposer Commitments & User Intents  (01:09:03) Concluding Remarks (01:11:05) Recap (01:12:06) PEPC, PEPC-Boost, & MEV-Boost+ (01:18:44) PBS From First Principles (01:21:41) PBS is a Philosophy, Not an Implementation (01:25:44) To Enshrine, Or Not to Enshrine? (01:35:12) In-protocol vs. Out-of-protocol Development & Funding (01:50:16) Censorship & Proposer Agency (01:58:15) Outro & Disclaimer __ Hasu - https://twitter.com/hasufl Jon Charbonneau - https://twitter.com/jon_charb Uncommon Core 2.0 - https://twitter.com/UCC2_xyz Mike Neuder - https://twitter.com/mikeneuder Chris Hager - https://twitter.com/metachris __ Relays in a post-ePBS world - https://ethresear.ch/t/relays-in-a-post-epbs-world/16278 No free lunch – a new inclusion list design - https://ethresear.ch/t/no-free-lunch-a-new-inclusion-list-design/16389 Payload-timeliness committee (PTC) – an ePBS design - https://ethresear.ch/t/payload-timeliness-committee-ptc-an-epbs-design/16054 Notes on Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) - https://barnabe.substack.com/p/pbs PEPC FAQ - https://efdn.notion.site/PEPC-FAQ-0787ba2f77e14efba771ff2d903d67e4#41230925420345af84f31b50d806b8ed PEPC Open Problems - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12kpwAXbZqUA0fu2HnZKSesVwO31ICbgIiacHd0EQ_fk/edit#slide=id.g2401d3821ec_1_0 PBS Guild Proposal [v3 WIP] - https://collective.flashbots.net/t/pbs-guild-proposal-v3-wip/2223 MEV-Boost+/++ - https://www.blog.eigenlayer.xyz/censorship-resistance-with-restaking/ __ Disclaimer: The material and information presented in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speakers and are not the views of any entity or other person with whom the speaker is affiliated, including, without limitation, DBA Crypto, LLC. The “DBA Crypto” name and all forms thereof are the sole property of its owner, and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service.

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 Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:09 Conbase's brief to have SEC case dismissed https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1687435194247303168 03:47 KZG Ceremony - special contributions https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps/status/1687539720144748558 06:08 Protocol-Enforced Proposed Commitments https://twitter.com/jiayaoqi/status/1687876121390678016 08:46 Wenmerge's MEV Boost relay https://twitter.com/Wenmerge2022/status/1687359729419657216 11:30 Chainlink CCIP testnet trialing AUD, NZL, SGD coins https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1687899850074198016 13:39 Espresso Sequencer - Doppio Testnet open to public https://twitter.com/EspressoSys/status/1687510017044357144 16:32 Vyper vulnerability post-mortem https://twitter.com/vyperlang/status/1687915162513395712 19:02 Argent's account abstracted Starknet web wallet https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1687448297076588545 25:13 Anthony on Ethereum's main value drivers https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1688372941577482240 31:21 Anthony on why ppl will be wishing they'd bought more ETH now https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1687645868328177665 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iAVoMDdOSno Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. Today's episode covers: grants rewards are announced, RPL price movement gets media coverage, and Rocket Pool hits more milestones. 0:00 - Welcome 0:19 - Grant awards https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103392793843470397 10:54 - RPL and RP growth articles https://decrypt.co/138728/stacks-rocket-pool-surge-in-price-following-sui-mainnet-launch-which-saw-token-dip-in-value https://twitter.com/forbescrypto/status/1653806628402081811 https://thenewscrypto.com/rocket-pool-token-forms-an-ascending-triangle-pattern-indicating-a-bullish-breakout/ 14:10 - New RP milestones https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1103338358396174357 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1103483228410630174 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1103593999450767381 19:26 - Issue with Numbus and MEV Boost https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/911329728131104831/1103609764304392272 21:43 - Joe is making the treegen faster! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103576355846766614 23:21 - The smoothing pool has 300 eth in it! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405503016234385409/1103658429505085511 24:55 - Proteus updates https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103589469090754572 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103593204223324202 26:22 - Blockscape explain their product more https://twitter.com/BlockscapeLab/status/1654039214105690112?s=20 30:13 - ManeNet DAO continue the oDAO discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/137aiu4/comment/jitrcis/ https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103680975512293378 https://snapshot.org/#/evmaverick.eth/proposal/0xb3db7c8214b27474573275650ef213d86bcade817ef8dc9c676c99ca91b53e03 38:30 - Bullish fed news? https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1103380835014561872

Topics covered -------------------------- 01:10 - Guest's Introduction 01:59 - Presentation 02:14 - What is MEV? 08:58 - Why do we Care? 13:55 - MEV on Ethereum. 15:06 - Transaction Supply Chain - @thegostep 15:29 - MEV on Ethereum. 18:01 - PBS 18:19 - What is MEV-Boost? 18:35 - How do we implement PBS? 20:23 - MEV Boost- Network & Software 21:51 - How would it work? 22:25 - There's a catch 22:57 - MEV Stealing 24:04 - How to stop MEV Stealing? 24:46 - Democratization with MEV-Boost 27:27 - Enter the relay 28:59 - MEV-Boost Post Merge? 33:44 - Downside of using relay model 35:01 - PBS: What's Next? 35:19 - Longer-term for PBS 38:20 - Near-term for PBS 42:25 - Immediate-term for MEV-Boost 45:52 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of connecting to the multiple MEV Boost? 47:41 - Significance of relayer diversity 48:43 - Alex's thoughts on the Client diversity suggestion 53:01 - Any guidelines for solo & institutional stakers? Follow at Twitter --------------------------- Alex Stokes @ralexstokes | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 Resources: ----------------- Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1c4fwF94NG_ppXlTOJ5gcH7ilsRgwgydS0MyBDdKLhMs/edit?usp=sharing MEV boost #shorts https://youtube.com/shorts/Vhff81Mxres PEEPanEIP - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F MEV Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqntSgAaYHrV3NjAUMyzk7X Shapella - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxpok0smGmq-dFGVHQzW84a2 Questions for Guests - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsmujnH_ncIlSEJ23s9jzXAKwfpTGNeJqjREWPloBbkJVQTA/viewform Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2 Contact Ethereum Cat Herders --------------------------------------------------- Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/

Oasis exploits its own contracts after a court order. Core developer Danny Ryan reflects on Ethereum. Flashbots releases details of MEV-Boost changes in Capella. And ZigZag announces an airdrop to ~100k wallets. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.substack.com

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, 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

Apple rejects the Coinbase Wallet app, GnosisDAO releases an MEV Boost relay, the Ethereum Foundation shuts down the Ropsten testnet, and ENS reaches 2.8 million registered domains. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.substack.com

In this week's episode of 0xResearch, we bring on Westie to explore the "dark arts "of crypto: MEV Markets. We discuss the underlying mechanics of MEV-Boost, the threat of censorship, Flashbots' dominance, the flywheel of exclusive order flow and more. And if MEV isn't your thing, check out our pre-interview segment with Matt & Pibblez. Why? Because it's like a weekly newsletter, except not boring and delivered straight to your ears. - - Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (00:02) Pre-Interview: News, Hot Seat, Data Insights (21:15) Flashboys 2.0 (26:10) MEV Boost Explained (30:47) Threat of Censorship (38:59) Exclusive Order Flow (42:26) Manifold & MEV's Biggest Players (48:35) Staking Rewards & Flashbot's Dominance (59:47) Do All Liquid Staking Providers Use Flashbots? (01:03:47) Our Closing Question (01:05:34) Post-Interview Recap - - Follow Westie: https://twitter.com/WestieCapital Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/smyyguy 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 Sushi: The Bull & Bear Case https://www.blockworksresearch.com/research/sushi-the-bull-and-bear-case Flash Boys 2.0 https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05234 Ethereum Is A Dark Forest https://www.paradigm.xyz/2020/08/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest MEV In PoS Ethereum (Westie) https://bit.ly/3gZ7Drw Understanding MEV Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1584937588552441856 Chainalysis Insights Tab https://blog.chainalysis.com/ Sushi Chart (Flipside) https://bit.ly/3FvHT0a Understanding MEV Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1584937588552441856 -- Blockworks Research https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Blockworks Research Newsletter https://blockworks.co/newsletter/daily-debrief-by-blockworks-research/ -- 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, we talk markets with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) and discuss several NFT-related topics with Sal Qadir (Galaxy Research) including the surge in popularity for Reddit NFTs and the ongoing controversy around NFT royalties. Also, we discuss the MEV landscape on Ethereum post-Merge with Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) and the impact of increase censorship through the Flashbots relay on network block production. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, October 16, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, and read our research at www.galaxydigital.io/research/to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer here:https://adobe.ly/3yX2Pdn

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:20 - Condolences to Patches 1:43 - Defiant article about the Lido drama 4:19 - Joe gives an update on the next smartnode stack with MEV Boost stuff 7:02 - GMC nominees got a big boost as the process was closing 9:29 - Gnosis treasury mints rETH 10:57 - LordBog is juicing defi incentives! 13:17 - rocketpool.fi is going to happen 15:29 - How to subsidize node operators #rocketpool #ethereum #ether #eth #rpl

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 1:00 - The team is in Bogota 1:50 - Grants Management Committee passes quorum vote 2:30 - ICM releases first retrospective report 4:47 - Discussion on LEBs and RPL collateral % after it starts 7:22 - MEV Boost being made mandatory is one step closer 8:20 - Marceau writes a forum post about a new community-led website 10:46 - Ramana implements a DP arb contract 14:35 - Val starts a thread to address effectiveness issues with some RP nodes 16:06 - Marceau invites us to a party on his island 17:36 - Sleety makes some beautiful artwork for the rocketpoo.fi website 19:36 - Tennismvp.eth gives the last reminder for the Rocket Pool launch anniversary chess tournament 20:29 - The burn is all anyone can talk about! 21:41 - shoutout to denum.eth 21:55 - calurduran reminding you that you can get a contributor poap for helping RF 23:05 - Launch Pad with Wander is live 24:20 - sending love to Joe and Kevster

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 0:50 - New claim period and smoothing pool rewards are live! 2:00 - Joe gives info on MEV Boost rollout 3:15 - Huge rETH deposits coming in! All-time high for rETH minting 4:34 - 10,000 rETH minters!! 4:49 - Rhett announces Gravity Protocol! 8:28 - 1inch whale's wall gets bigger! 9:57 - Lots of love for Sleety! 11:21 - Is Luke actually Jesse Powell?! 12:57 - superphiz is here and talking about MEV 16:11 - Kraken listing goes live! 

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 1:15 - When is MEV Boost being made mandatory? 4:18 - Smoothing pool MEV Boost at 84% uptake 5:45 - Whales are told to join the smoothing pool 8:30 - Whale buys over the counter and Marceau teases more buys 12:28 - Kevster asks people to reach out to him to get their smoothing pool POAP 

Aztec Network deploys a new subsidy contract, Flashbots publishes an MEV-Boost post-mortem, the Uniswap Foundation unveils its first grant wave recipients, and GitHub unbans Tornado Cash accounts. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.link/signup Twitter: https://ethdaily.link/twitter

Your daily summary of what's being said in Reddit's r/ethfinance daily thread. 0:00 - Welcome 0:12 - Who I am and my story 6:29 - Epiphany tells us about getting MEV Boost set up on their validating node - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip5qqcd/ 8:04 - Market updates from KBrot - the bearish case! - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip64147/ 11:37 - Vacremon2 tells us that we should fix up r/ethereum - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip5tjhq/ 13:47 - Ber10 tells us how stupid it is of the SEC to try to claim jurisdiction over Ethereum - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip78y5r/ 15:28 - Itur ad Astra tells us about the risks of waiting for lower prices - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip7jyvm/ 17:16 - Confusius Said wants to update Squish Chaos's eth bull thesis - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip8g7xp/ 18:06 - Minimal Gravitas tells us about the latest Unchained episode that destroys a lot of bitcoin's most prominent narratives - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip6usi0/ 19:27 - Ok Dragonfruit is sick and tired of hearing anti-Ethereum/pro-Bitcoin narratives on Twitter - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip76xyj/ 22:04 - Ox Deposit Contract tells us that the eth deposit contract is not at risk of a hack because of its vanity address - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip8pnwv/ 23:10 - Rock It Guy DC lets us know that the rETH rewards rate is correct on the Rocket Pool website now - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/xizkvl/comment/ip703e4/

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:08 - New Rocket Fuel podcast! Soon to be found at all your favourite podcast locations 1:06 - Rocket Fuel supporters POAP 2:00 - Maverick gives us an update on governance 4:06 - Langers lets us know of an issue with the Fee Distributor contract. It's not a major issue, but it's an issue to be fixed soon 5:13 - solarcurve gives us an update on rETH/RPL incentives that go live on Thursday at midnight UTC 6:57 - More big rETH mints happening 7:32 - GC sends eth to community members including me 9:06 - Update on Maker integration for rETH 11:04 - Joe is adding two more MEV Boost relays to the next smartnode stack 13:29 - Marceau tells everyone how much his income has been boosted by MEV Boost - Smoothing Pool is even better!

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 0:31 - Team pays out a bug bounty 2:16 - All merge client teams have now released their merge-ready software! 3:26 - Javalasers asks if it's better to stake your eth or buy rETH for tax purposes 4:53 - Joe tells us what will be happening with MEV Boost 6:30 - Wintermute ask to speak to the team and why this might be super bullish 10:08 - Superphiz asks people to share their staking setup. Lots of Rocket Pool node operators share theirs 12:07 - Bankbull Bullcast has a dry run!

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Reddit, and on the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:22 - Rocket Pool Bi-weekly Update - 2:46 - Joe lets us know what updates to the Rocket Pool smart stack we can expect in the next few weeks 5:42 - Ken, Deadpool, and Valdorff talk about OFAC and transaction censoring 8:50 - Bankless Bullcast details 9:17 - Ken and Joe discuss how MEV Boost will be used by Rocket Pool 11:23 - Outro

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:18 - Rocket Pool Community Twitter Space 1:43 - Deposit Pool Upgrade 2:25 - Smartnode stack v1.5.1 3:09 - Nimbus update 4:15 - Potential alternatives to Flashbots for MEV Boost 7:14 - Big rETH mint 8:55 - Wrap up

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:18 - New Snapshot governance votes 4:25 - Ken discusses post-merge staking rewards 6:45 - Joe talks about MEV Boost and relays 8:26 - Liontrader tells us how he's an amazing trader and has a prediction for the RPL ratio against eth - trading is incredulous 10:54 - Trading panics over the new layout of the channels

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 1:09 - An informal poll about whether Rocket Pool node operators will use MEV Boost or not 3:22 - Coinbase launch cbETH 4:18 - Marceau talks about liquid staking tokens and compares them 7:03 - Official Ethereum Foundation merge announcement 9:19 - Joe teases Smartnode Stack 1.6.0

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and Recap 1:20 - Chainlink integration!! 3:55 - Smatnode Stack v1.6.3 - Required update for Nimbus 5:09 - Rocket Pool on Coin Gecko has been fixed, and it's now #81! 6:49 - NEW ALL-TIME HIGH on the rpl/eth ratio! 0.0194 7:49 - Introducing the Chit Chat space and a quick summary of yesterday's meeting with the team 10:54 - Twitter metrics analysis 12:05 - Joe tells us how he's going to use MEV Boost 14:30 - rETH price bot 16:25 - Superphiz starts a rumour 17:39 - A small CEX listing happens and the bots starts visiting the Discord. Stay safe everyone!

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and Happy Merge Day - Also a treat for people who join the discord thread for Rocket Fuel 1:40 - Dave writes a post thanking everyone who made the merge possible 3:44 - Twitter community call 4:11 - Joe gives us an update on MEV Boost adoption 7:49 - Dokia Capital start staking with Rocket Pool 10:47 - Exodus IO gets in touch with Marceau 11:40 - Dune Analytics dashboard by Scoot showing RPL and rETH daily volume

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:30 - Marceau posts pandas! 1:50 - Some issues with the merge with Besu and Nimbus 3:59 - Meek gets the first Rocket Pool proposal after the merge - within the first epoch 4:45 - Merge viewing party POAP 5:20 - WAQWAQATTACK gets onto the canvas! 6:48 - MEV Boost goes live and MEV blocks start getting produced and in the smoothing pool 9:18 - Marceau tells us about his meeting with the people from Exodus

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome and recap 0:55 - Joe gives us an update on missed attestations after the merge 1:50 - Issues with MEV Boost  3:38 - MEV Boost uptake massively improves!  5:52 - Deposit pool is minting a lot of rETH  6:55 - rETH discount on secondary markets is almost 0%  8:08 - Smoothing pool update! Good stuff happening  10:00 - A downturn in attitude in the community

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum. 0:00 - Welcome 0:55 - Jasper talks about the incorrect number for the rETH APR on the Rocket Pool website 1:52 - Langers explains what will happen and when reward numbers will be available 3:28 - Jasper gives a treasure report for August 5:17 - Valdorff asks for feedback on a forum vote 7:50 - Smoothing pool is getting a lot of eth! Ken explains how much you can earn 9:36 - Joe lets us know when the Proteus will be available 10:05 - Joe tells us MEV Boost uptake numbers 11:43 - Calurduran writes an RPIP draft for grants and asks for feedback 13:00 - a35u tells us how Rocket Pool is slowly catching up to Lido 14:09 - Valdorff explains how to work out rETH APR and the team likes it 15:18 - Xer0 explains how RPL liquidity might be an issue when Rocket Pool grows a lot 18:23 - Shout out to everyone who helped today and a tease for how this channel might grow

In this week's episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) and Tarun (https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) revisit the topic of MEV with Chris Hager (https://twitter.com/metachris) from Flashbots (https://docs.flashbots.net/) & Alex Stokes (https://twitter.com/ralexstokes) from the Ethereum Foundation. In this episode, they tease out more of the nuances around MEV and how the field around it has evolved in the last year or so. The team explores what the MEV space could look like after the Merge, the PBS (Proposer Builder Separation) concept, what each role in the MEV landscape will do and the MEV-Boost architecture. They also chat about using cryptographic solutions to prevent some kinds of MEV and some recent work that Tarun released on the topic of MEV, as well as future ideas around MEV aim to democratize or even share the searchers rewards. Here are some links for this episode: * Episode 168: Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin (https://zeroknowledge.fm/168-2/) * 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/) * Alex Stokes Blog (https://stokes.io/) * Flashbots MEV Research (https://github.com/flashbots/mev-research#mev-research) * Flashbots Github (https://github.com/flashbots/pm) * Flashbots Discord (https://discord.com/invite/7hvTycdNcK) * Flashbots Docs: New to MEV? (https://docs.flashbots.net/new-to-mev) * Flashbots Docs (https://docs.flashbots.net) * Tarun's recent work on MEV: Improving Proof of Stake Economic Security via MEV Redistribution (http://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ksk/files/MEV_Redistribution.pdf) * Here is more of Tarun's recent work: Towards a Theory of Maximal Extractable Value I: Constant Function Market Makers (https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.11835) * The Downside of Sanctioning Tornado Cash (https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/16/the-downside-of-sanctioning-tornado-cash/) ZK Whiteboard Sessions (https://zkhack.dev/whiteboard/) – as part of ZK Hack and powered by Polygon – a new series of educational videos that will help you get onboarded into the concepts and terms that we talk about on the ZK front. ZK Jobs Board (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/) – if you are looking to find a new job, or if you are a team hiring, we have a fresh batch of open roles at ZK focused projects. This is a great place to learn about relevant projects and the types of roles they are looking for. Today's episode is sponsored by Polygon (https://polygon.technology/). Introducing Polygon zkEVM. Polygon's vision for zkEVM is simple: developers can deploy any Ethereum smart contract to a Layer 2 and benefit from the scaling power of ZK proofs. Public testnet is coming soon! If you'd like to learn more about Polygon zkEVM and stay updated on the latest - fill out the form here. (https://polygon.technology/buildonzkevm) 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)

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, cofounder and chief architect of Flashbots, and Uri Klarman, CEO of bloXrouteLabs, 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 Flash Boys 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

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  

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  

Flashbots has pioneered the work around MEV which has become one of the most important topics in crypto today. MEV-Boost is an implementation of proposer-builder separation (PBS) built by Flashbots for proof of stake Ethereum. Validators running MEV-Boost maximize their staking reward by selling their blockspace to an open market while protecting Ethereum decentralization. It is estimated that validators running MEV-Boost can increase their staking rewards by over 60%. MEV-Boost is free, open-source, and neutral software. Lido has become the leading liquid staking solution on Ethereum with a huge amount of stake and has also taken on a key role in shaping the future of staking on Ethereum. We were joined by Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots, to chat about MEV and the importance of MEV-Boost, how it works and it's impact on Ethereum. Also joining the chat is Vasiliy Shapovalov, Tech Lead at Lido, to share with us the significant impact MEV-Boost will have on Lido.Topics covered in this episode:Stephane and Vasily introductionsWhat is MEV and why is it important?MEV supply chain and the centralization risks with itThe significance of MEV for LidoLido MEV policy for node operatorsThe economics around MEV-BoostFlashbot Protect - will this still exist in MEV-Boost?Beyond Ethereum - what are the solution for cross-chain MEVThe impact of L2s and rollups on MEV and MEV-BoostTimelines as we approach The MergeEpisode links: FlashbotsLidoMEV-Boost in a nutshellWhy your blockchain needs an MEV solution - HasuStephane on TwitterVasily on TwitterThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/455

Vitalik Buterin presents the Ethereum roadmap at ethCC, Flashbots releases its MEV Boost landing page, and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the company won't follow Minecraft in banning NFTs. Newsletter: https://ethdaily.substack.com