# Cross-domain MEV

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/cross-domain-mev/753
**Category:** Research
**Tags:** cross-domain, links
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/cross-domain-mev/753 "2022-11-21T16:59:59Z")
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### Author: ![alex](https://collective.flashbots.net/user_avatar/collective.flashbots.net/alex/32/8_2.png) [@alex](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/alex)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/cross-domain-mev/753/1 "2022-11-21T16:59:59Z")

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hiya! in response to [this tweet](https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1594727066112491525?s=20&t=fBqE7ldESa9eMtzrNIhCsA), i wrote down a non-exhaustive list of resources for cross-domain MEV & aggregated previous internal lists i created. welcome additional contributions \<3

**Essential**

- [[2112.01472] Unity is Strength: A Formalization of Cross-Domain Maximal Extractable Value](https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.01472)
  - [https://youtu.be/uR0Z0nWXeFU](https://youtu.be/uR0Z0nWXeFU) subsequent workshop on the paper

- [https://youtu.be/dv5-Lzntv5M](https://youtu.be/dv5-Lzntv5M)
- [https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html](https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html) by @vbuterin
- [https://westerngate.xyz](https://westerngate.xyz) by @sam & team
- [Pay To Win: Cheap, Crowdfundable, Cross-chain Algorithmic Incentive Manipulation Attacks on PoW Cryptocurrencies](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/775)

**Cosmos**

- [https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmWXkzM74FCiERdZ1WrU33cqdStUK9dz1A8oEvYcnBAHeo](https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmWXkzM74FCiERdZ1WrU33cqdStUK9dz1A8oEvYcnBAHeo) Cosmos Atom 2.0 paper (see Interchain Scheduler)
- [whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf at main · anoma/whitepaper · GitHub](https://github.com/anoma/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.pdf) Anoma whitepaper
- [Heterogeneous Paxos and Multi-Chain Atomic Commits | Blog - Anoma](https://anoma.net/blog/heterogeneous-paxos-and-multi-chain-atomic-commits/) by Isaac Sheff (Anoma)
- [https://youtu.be/DZ4EIGrXWqM](https://youtu.be/DZ4EIGrXWqM)
- [Zenith Documentation](https://meka.tech/zenith) Mekatek’s Zenith

**Ethereum L2s:**

- [SoK: Validating Bridges as a Scaling Solution for Blockchains](https://stonecoldpat.github.io/images/validatingbridges.pdf)
- [https://youtu.be/PozxpQjgLDY](https://youtu.be/PozxpQjgLDY)
- [https://youtu.be/qxml80TparY](https://youtu.be/qxml80TparY)
- [https://youtu.be/UsdtvHboGJk](https://youtu.be/UsdtvHboGJk)

**On oracles & cross-chain communication:**

- SoK: Communication Across Distributed Ledgers, [paper](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1128.pdf), [video](https://youtu.be/gsf-z_v8pao)
  - [The tradeoffs of cross-chain communication](https://www.lakshmansankar.com/#/tradeoffs-ccc) related article by Lakshman Sankar

- Augur v2 [whitepaper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1501.01042.pdf) — for oracles
- [https://youtu.be/jCKumKWtYVQ](https://youtu.be/jCKumKWtYVQ)
- Article on Nil foundation work building a trustless state verification across Ethereum-Solana, [https://blog.nil.foundation/2021/10/14/solana-ethereum-bridge.html](https://blog.nil.foundation/2021/10/14/solana-ethereum-bridge.html)
  - they have a few articles on building this bridge and the Mina-Ethereum bridge, very good

- [Optimizing cross-chain swaps - Layer 2 - Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/optimizing-cross-chain-swaps/11924)
- [https://youtu.be/qUAyW4pdooA](https://youtu.be/qUAyW4pdooA) ,a talk by Dan Robinson on hash-time locked contracts and their downfalls
- [Outlining a standard interface for cross-domain ERC20 Transfers - EIPs - Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/outlining-a-standard-interface-for-cross-domain-erc20-transfers/6151)
- [Defining L2 Interoperability: A First Attempt - Layer 2 - Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/defining-l2-interoperability-a-first-attempt/9978)

**On bridges:**

- [https://youtu.be/ZQJWMiX4hT0](https://youtu.be/ZQJWMiX4hT0) by James Prestwich
- [Clusters: how trusted & trust-minimized bridges shape the multi-chain landscape](https://blog.celestia.org/clusters/) by Mustafa Al Bassam
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F\_zi9oToHtU&list=PLRHMe0bxkuel3w3C7P\_WVvp9ShLi3HKRI&index=36&ab\_channel=Flashbots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_zi9oToHtU&list=PLRHMe0bxkuel3w3C7P_WVvp9ShLi3HKRI&index=36&ab_channel=Flashbots)
- Other projects’ designs to check out — although you’ll find they’re all just different designs on the cross-ledger communication tradeoff 😉
  - [https://hop.exchange/whitepaper.pdf](https://hop.exchange/whitepaper.pdf) Hop bridge whitepaper
    - [https://youtu.be/Ko124ASzKrw](https://youtu.be/Ko124ASzKrw)

  - [https://layerzero.network/pdf/LayerZero\_Whitepaper\_Release.pdf](https://layerzero.network/pdf/LayerZero_Whitepaper_Release.pdf) LayerZero whitepaper
    - Delta-Solving.The.Bridging-Trilemma (3).pdf

  - [Introducing the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)](https://blog.chain.link/introducing-the-cross-chain-interoperability-protocol-ccip/)
  - [End-to-End Workflow | Celer Inter-chain Messaging (IM)](https://im-docs.celer.network/developer/end-to-end-flow)
  - [https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-crosschain](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-crosschain)
  - [XCM: The Cross-Consensus Message Format | by Gavin Wood | Polkadot Network | Medium](https://medium.com/polkadot-network/xcm-the-cross-consensus-message-format-3b77b1373392)
  - [whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf at main · anoma/whitepaper · GitHub](https://github.com/anoma/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.pdf)
  - [https://youtube.com/channel/UCfhR0KvmbV0yEkxgKnVvUDg](https://youtube.com/channel/UCfhR0KvmbV0yEkxgKnVvUDg) ,Burning Bridges podcast by Arjun from Connext

**Misc**

- [dAMM, an L2-Powered AMM. A DeFi-friendly L2 AMM | by StarkWare | StarkWare | Medium](https://medium.com/starkware/caspian-an-l2-powered-amm-f20e93b5421)
- [Cross-rollup DEX with smart contracts only on the destination side - Layer 2 - Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/cross-rollup-dex-with-smart-contracts-only-on-the-destination-side/8778) by Vitalik
- [Cross-shard DeFi composability - Sharded Execution - Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/cross-shard-defi-composability/6268) Oct ‘19 :’)
- [https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1479501366192132099?t=q65E4hRZ2HmG0yySUF4AaQ&s=19](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1479501366192132099?t=q65E4hRZ2HmG0yySUF4AaQ&s=19)  
Vitalik on multi-chain/cross-chain
- [https://www.binance.org/en/blog/bsc-2022-build-and-build/](https://www.binance.org/en/blog/bsc-2022-build-and-build/) Binance L2s yay
- [Multi-chain strategy - Protocol Development - Compound Community Forum](https://www.comp.xyz/t/multi-chain-strategy/2903?u=getty)
- many of the resources in here: [https://github.com/flashbots/mev-research/blob/main/FRPs/completed/FRP-16.md…](https://t.co/b0CWjzIwvF)

**threads in this forum:**

- [We're going to estimate a lower bound of cross-domain MEV](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/were-going-to-estimate-a-lower-bound-of-cross-domain-mev/515)

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