The MEV Letter is a weekly collection of papers, articles and resources related to MEV. The intention of this letter is to provide a comprehensive summary of the latest research, discussions, and developments in the space, with links for further reading.
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Papers & Articles
- Building Flashblocks with rblib by @optimus details the architecture of rblib, and demonstrates how to customize block building pipelines for building Flashblocks on OP-Stack rollups.
- A Microstructure Analysis of Coupling in CFMMs by Althea Sterrett and Austin Adams examines the effects of price coupling in CFMM-linked oracle markets, where one pool serves as a pricing oracle for another.
- The Ethereum Foundation’s Commitment to Privacy by Ethereum Foundation outlines their expanded commitment to privacy through the formation of a dedicated Privacy Cluster, advancing R&D across cryptographic primitives, identity, and institutional compliance.
- The Economics of Instant: An Exploration of Real Time Ethereum by Antero Eloranta analyzes how shorter slot times would improve AMM performance by reducing LVR and improving execution.
- Introducing Unstoppable Sequencing: Permissionless Batching for Rollup Resilience by Tom Lehman presents a framework for permissionless blob batching for rollups to mitigate liveness risk during sequencer outages.
- Post by Tom Lehman
- Post by Spire
Talks & Discussions
- Recordings from ETHIstanbul have been uploaded:
- Recordings from TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025 have been uploaded:
- Kubi of Titan & Gattaca | Ethereum Block Building and Based Sequencing invites Kubi Mensah for a conversation on the current state of block building, based sequencing, and cross-chain composability.
- Thread by Luis F. Goh
- Post by Kubi Mensah
- Bring ETH Back: Based revolution towards One Ethereum hosted by SSV Network invites Sam Battenally, Tom Lehman, and Jeff Walsh for a conversation on based rollups and cross-chain composability.
- All Core Devs - Execution (ACDE) #222 hosted by Ansgar Dietrichs covered updates from the Fusaka shadow-fork on Sepolia, state access benchmarks, and upcoming devnets for BALs and ePBS.
- All Core Devs - Testing (ACDT) #56 hosted by parithosh discussed Fusaka activation on devnets, 60M gas limit testing, and updates related to testing BALs and ePBS.
- EIP-7732 Breakout Room Call #25 hosted by Justin Traglia discussed ePBS implementation progress, builder payment config, and next steps towards devnet.
- FOCIL Breakout #21 hosted by Jihoon Song invites donnoh.eth to present how FOCIL can be used on native rollups as a mechanism for forced transaction inclusion.
- Thread by Jihoon Song
- Thread by Pooja Ranjan
- EIP-7928 Breakout #4 hosted by Toni Wahrstätter discussed design choices related to BALs, and updates on client implementations.
Other
- rblib by Flashbots is a modular Rust SDK for constructing Ethereum-compatible block builders on both L1 and L2 using the Reth execution engine.
- Slot Observer by Primev provides information on MEV-Boost builder bid progression over slot time, and whether or not the proposer is receiving preconfirmations from mev-commit.
- Thread by Primev
- Thread by Murat Akdeniz
- Kohaku Roadmap by Nicolas Consigny outlines Kohaku as a set of modular primitives that provides Ethereum wallets with privacy and security.
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