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Ethereum R&D Firm Flashbots Shares Details About Its Next-Gen Block Builder

After teasing Suave at this year’s Devcon, Flashbots outlines how the plug-and-play solution will transform the way validators earn MEV.

Nov 23, 2022 at 7:03 p.m. UTC

Nov 23, 2022

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FTX Blowup Helped Enrich the Ethereum Validators Who Run the Blockchain

They saw a surge in MEV, or profits from optimizing the order of transactions, surge amid crypto chaos early this month.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Nov 21, 2022 at 10:01 p.m. UTC

Nov 21, 2022

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Vitalik Buterin’s New Ethereum Road Map Takes Aim at MEV and Censorship

Amid a number of new changes, Buterin’s new vision for Ethereum adds a section aimed at curtailing the threats of centralization.

By Sam Kessler

Nov 9, 2022 at 12:15 p.m. UTC

Nov 9, 2022

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Censored Ethereum Blocks Hit the 51% Threshold Over the Past 24 Hours

Censorship has been a growing concern within the Ethereum ecosystem, especially since the advent of MEV-Boost after the Merge.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Oct 14, 2022 at 7:49 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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Flashbots Reveals New Version of Its Key Ethereum Software

Development of SUAVE, as the project is codenamed, has been going on for a year.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Oct 14, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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What’s Going On With Ethereum’s MEV-Boost?

Flashbots' block relayers continue to dominate the Ethereum validator ecosystem. And with them, censorship continues to grow.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Oct 5, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Oct 5, 2022

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What Is MEV, aka Maximal Extractable Value?

Miners and validators have found ways to profit off of pending transactions by including, excluding or reordering transactions in any block they mine.

By Ekin Genç

Sep 2, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 2, 2022

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Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by 'Shuttering' the Beacon Chain?

Ethereum’s developers are realizing censorship is not a problem that can just be coded away.

By Sam Kessler Sage D. Young

Aug 31, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Aug 31, 2022

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As Censorship on Ethereum Begins, Could This Open-Sourced Code Help Counter It?

Flashbots' accelerated code release comes amid U.S. regulatory crackdown on crypto mixer Tornado Cash for sanctions violations.

By Margaux Nijkerk Sam Kessler

Aug 23, 2022 at 7:52 p.m. UTC

Aug 23, 2022

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An Unlikely but Effective Solution to Lowering Fees on Ethereum

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington are joined by Flashbots researcher Alex Obadia to discuss the noble yet futile fight to vanquish Miner/Maximal Extrable Value (MEV) on Ethereum.

By Christine Kim Ben Edgington

Jul 29, 2021 at 12:49 p.m. UTC

Jul 29, 2021

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