# The MEV Letter #136 **URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-136/5685 **Category:** The Flashbots Ship **Tags:** the-mev-letter **Created:** [April 29, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-136/5685 "2026-04-29T20:07:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Fred](https://collective.flashbots.net/user_avatar/collective.flashbots.net/fred/32/1288_2.png) [@Fred](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/Fred) #### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-136/5685/1 "2026-04-29T20:07:26Z")
_ **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. ⚡ [**Help improve The MEV Letter by sharing your feedback!**](https://flashbots.notion.site/7ea40f24a4f6453fa8fcd5a3c28e7956) ⚡ * * * # Papers & Articles - [Position Paper: Denial-of-Service Against Multi-Round Transaction Simulation](http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21169v1) by [Yuzhe Tang](https://tristartom.github.io/), [Yibo Wang](https://yibo-wang.com/), [Wanning Ding](https://dwn1998.github.io/), [Jiaqi Chen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiaqi-chen-a64473172/), and [Taesoo Kim](https://taesoo.kim/) studies asymmetric DoS attacks against multi-round block builders and develops a low-cost, evasive attack on [Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/)’ bundling service by exploiting inter-transaction dependencies through contract state. - [Capacity oracles](https://ethresear.ch/t/capacity-oracles/24716) by [Maryam Bahrani](https://www.mbahrani.net/) and [Mike Neuder](https://x.com/mikeneuder) introduce mechanisms for protocols to estimate supply capacity through randomized audits of supplier claims with rewards and slashing penalties. - [Thread](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam/status/2047760200967528711) by [Maryam Bahrani](https://www.mbahrani.net/) - [Thread](https://x.com/mikeneuder/status/2047769381019738339) by [Mike Neuder](https://x.com/mikeneuder) - [The case for a variable PTC deadline with affine metering and a unified calldata price](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-case-for-a-variable-ptc-deadline-with-affine-metering-and-a-unified-calldata-price/24708) by[Anders Elowsson](https://x.com/weboftrees) makes the case for using a variable PTC deadline together with a single unified calldata price to increase throughput under ePBS. - [Thread](https://x.com/weboftrees/status/2047285599879450949) by[Anders Elowsson](https://x.com/weboftrees) - [The Blockchain Execution Dilemma: Optimizing Revenue XOR Fair Ordering](http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23266v1) by [Artjom Pugatsov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/artjom-pugatsov/), [Can Umut Ileri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/can-umut-ileri/), and [Jérémie Decouchant](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremie-decouchant/) presents a chain-independent sequencing framework designed to increase validator profit and reduce congestion. - [The Monotone Priority System: Foundations of Contract-Specific Sequencing](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20783) by [Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula) presents an ACE framework using contract-specific sequencing constraints to enable developers to assign priorities to individual contract function calls within a block. - [Thread](https://x.com/n_durvasula/status/2047760501485003121) by [Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula) - [Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority?](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6617059) by [Roberto Gomez Cram](https://www.rgomezcram.com/), [Yunhan Guo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gyhs9bkybhy/), [Theis Ingerslev Jensen](https://www.tijensen.com/), and [Howard Kung](https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/k/kung-h) examines price discovery in prediction markets and finds that around 3% of accounts account for the bulk of price discovery. - [Post](https://x.com/rgomezcram/status/2047624181399928839) by [Roberto Gomez Cram](https://www.rgomezcram.com/) - [Latency cost of censorship resistance](https://decentralizedthoughts.github.io/2026-04-23-latency-of-censorship-resistance/) by[Ittai Abraham](https://x.com/ittaia),[Yuval Efron](https://zxrtde.github.io/), and Ling Ren derives a 5-round lower bound for achieving censorship resistance in partially synchronous BFT consensus protocols. # Posts & Threads - @dataalways published a [thread](https://x.com/dataalways/status/2047693168791928906) analyzing an evasive sandwich bot that attacks victims who use private mempools, highlighting the need for stronger cryptographic guarantees around order flow. - [Protocol Support Team](https://ps.ethereum.foundation/) published a [thread](https://x.com/EFprotocol/status/2048763852771168379) summarizing the progress of validator consolidation since [MaxEB](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7251) was introduced in Pectra, noting that 25% of staked ETH has now been consolidated to 1.25% of validators. - [Privacy Boost](https://www.privacyboost.io/) published a [thread](https://x.com/PrivacyBoost/status/2047341628080402786) detailing how [Privacy Boost](https://www.privacyboost.io/) achieves auditable onchain privacy using ZK proofs to batch and conceal transaction data, and TEEs for fast proving and indexing. # Talks & Discussions - [Recordings](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDJE73p4ulVH0IkOf5cuoKQW9qOB298L) from [Blockspace Forum Cannes](https://luma.com/blockspaceforum) have been uploaded: - [Blockspace Forum Kick-off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W279wYFI0EI) by [Kubi Mensah](https://x.com/kubimensah) - [Inside The Pipeline: Data Driven Truths Of The Ethereum Supply Chain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5a6BF2bII) by [Lorenzo](https://x.com/_eltitan) and Christian - [GWEI-GPT Ethereum Transaction Rails In An AI World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUwyg0J-Dc) by [Alex Stokes](https://stokes.io/) - [Enshrining PBS: Consensus Under Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rk9FISVEE) by [Terence Tsao](https://twitter.com/terencechain) and [Alex](https://x.com/alextes) - [EIP-7928 Block-level Access Lists And What It Means For Builders](https://youtu.be/5kRqSvwDPSE?si=W1B0BHbFgpk5J9h4) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://toniwahrstaetter.com/) - [The Institutional Whisperer: What Wall Street Actually Thinks Of Your Roadmap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYESl6Pdd4) with [Zach Pandl](https://x.com/LowBeta) and [nixo.eth](https://x.com/nixorokish) - [Issuance And Why The Transaction Pipeline Should Care](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f8DHzpDnQ) by [Jerome de Tychey](https://x.com/jdetychey) - [The Proof Is In The Building](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw_z2bjD_cM) by [Sean Anderson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-anderson-8b4a4497/) - [I Can See All Your Transactions: Privacy And What Institutions Need](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnfW2Rk97FE) by [Mo](https://x.com/motypes) - [Panel: Is It Just Exclusive Flow? Builder Competition Now And In The Future](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJhPc4aKbc) with [Michael Moser](https://x.com/mostlyblocks), [Kubi Mensah](https://x.com/kubimensah), [Kevin Lepsoe](https://x.com/lepsoe), @Quintus and [0xprincess](https://x.com/0x9212ce55) - [Justin Drake’s View On Blockspace A Fireside Chat With Fede On The Ethereum Transaction Rails](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMKEV_g15OY) with [Justin Drake](https://twitter.com/drakefjustin) and [Fede’s intern](https://x.com/fede_intern) - [Thread](https://x.com/blockspaceforum/status/2047320697832104319) by [Blockspace Forum](https://blockspace.forum/) - [All Core Devs - Execution (ACDE) #235, April 23, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSN27EDNdp8) hosted by [Ansgar Dietrichs](https://x.com/adietrichs) discussed the launch of [Glamsterdam-devnet-0](https://notes.ethereum.org/@ethpandaops/glamsterdam-devnet-0), non-headliner Hegotá proposals, and more. - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/2015) by [nixo.eth](https://x.com/nixorokish) - [Notes](https://x.com/christine_dkim/status/2047699403167736217) by [Christine D. Kim](https://x.com/christine_dkim) - [Notes](https://etherworld.co/highlights-from-the-all-core-developers-execution-acde-call-235/) by [Yash Kamal Chaturvedi](https://x.com/YashKamalChatu1) # Other - [Cross-Chain Transactions](https://etherscan.io/txCrossChain) by[Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/) is a dashboard tracking cross-chain volumes across 28 chains and 15 bridges over time. - [Thread](https://x.com/etherscan/status/2046937494751756351) by[Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/) * * * ✉ [**Sign up here**](https://flashbots.net/the-mev-letter) if you’d like to get The MEV Letter straight to your inbox! 🔮 [Explore previous editions via The MEV Letter explorer](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/explorer/100) ⚡ [Join Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/jobs)