# Crucible Hackathon: Layer 2 Rust Block Production Exploration

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/crucible-hackathon-layer-2-rust-block-production-exploration/3583
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**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/crucible-hackathon-layer-2-rust-block-production-exploration/3583 "2024-06-24T15:03:07Z")
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### Author: ![ferranbt](https://collective.flashbots.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@ferranbt](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/ferranbt)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/crucible-hackathon-layer-2-rust-block-production-exploration/3583/1 "2024-06-24T15:03:07Z")

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## 👥 Team Information

- **Team Name:** Just me
- **Team Members:**
  - Name 1: [@ferranbt](https://x.com/ferranbt)

## 💻 Project Repository

- **GitHub Link: \<OS SOON 🔜\>**

## 🎯 Project Goal

- **Project Name:** L2 Reth experimentation.
- **Brief Description:**
  - What is the primary goal of your project?
    - Research how to integrate custom block-building algorithms as Reth modules.
    - Research how the block-building codebase can be modularised as much as possible to handle both Ethereum and Op chains.

## 🔧 Challenges

- **Challenges Faced:**
  - What were the major challenges your team encountered during the hackathon?
    - Getting familiar with Reth and Rust.
    - Setting up an Optimism devnet.

## 🚀 Current State

- **Project Status at the End of Hackathon:**
  - What features are complete? The builder was able to build blocks for Optimism.
  - What is still a work in progress? Yes
  - Are there any known bugs or issues? Block building frequency is too high due to a possible bug in timestamps.