Proposer Timing Game w/ DataAlways: PBS Series

Indexed Podcast · Sep 20, 2024 · 1h 21m

Today we’re joined by dataalways, Researcher @ Flashbots.

In this episode the four of us discuss:

- Block building latency games

- Block slots

- Winning bid arrivals

- Relays

- Ethereum’s 12 second deviation

- L2’s centralized sequencers

- MEV revenue incentives

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:30) Block building latency games

(12:56) Block slots

(24:46) Winning bid arrivals

(30:58) Rocket Pool

(32:21) Relays

(40:08) Winning bid arrival times

(48:51) Missed head votes over proposers

(54:00) Ethereum’s 12 second deviation

(57:10) L2’s centralized sequencers

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