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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.
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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.
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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.
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As the threat of censorship looms, a proposal to "shutter" Ethereum's Beacon Chain is getting some traction. (Julita/Pixabay)
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.
As the threat of censorship looms, a proposal to "shutter" Ethereum's Beacon Chain is getting some traction. (Julita/Pixabay)

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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.
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Eden Network Raises $17.4M to Shield Ethereum Users From Malicious Miners
Eden Network Raises $17.4M to Shield Ethereum Users From Malicious Miners
Priority transaction network Eden has reportedly raised $17.4 million in a seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital that will help the project fight the menace of miner ext...
Eden Network Raises $17.4M to Shield Ethereum Users From Malicious Miners

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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...
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How to Fix Ethereum’s MEV Problem and Give Traders the Best Price
MEV is a growing problem for Ethereum, but it can be mitigated through careful protocol design and economic theory.
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The upgrade to PoS as a defense does little to rescue the current situation.
Valid Points: The Problem With MEV on Ethereum
Will the transition to proof-of-stake come soon enough?
The upgrade to PoS as a defense does little to rescue the current situation.

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Valid Points: MEV on Eth 2.0: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Greater variance in validator income raises important questions about the dynamics of staking on Ethereum under PoS.
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