# The MEV Letter #156 **URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-156/6072 **Category:** The Flashbots Ship **Tags:** the-mev-letter **Created:** [October 7, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-156/6072 "2026-10-07T09:53:20Z") **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: [October 7, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-156/6072/1 "2026-10-07T09:53:20Z")
_ **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. * * * # Papers & Articles - [Does your MEV protection work? Not always.](https://x.com/boez95/status/2107121962086535449) by @boz1 highlights findings from _[No Place to Hide: An Analysis on Protected Order Flow Sandwich Attacks](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28115)_ by [Lioba Heimbach](https://x.com/liobaheimbach), [Ozan Solmaz](https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Solmaz,+O), [Burak Öz](https://x.com/boez95), and [Christof Ferreira Torres](https://x.com/ChristofTorres), which documents persistent sandwich attacks on multiple chains even when transactions are sent via private RPCs, OFAs, and chain-level protections. - [Post](https://x.com/liobaheimbach/status/2107123284588265637) by [Lioba Heimbach](https://liobaheimba.ch) - [Priority Gas Auction Cadence and Searcher Competition: Evidence from Flashblocks on Base](http://arxiv.org/abs/2610.03922v1) by [Pranay Anchuri](https://x.com/pranaytej), [Ed Felten](https://cs.princeton.edu/~felten), and [Akaki Mamageishvili](https://mamageishvili.info) studies how the 200 ms [Flashblocks](https://github.com/flashbots/rollup-boost/blob/main/specs/flashblocks.md) on [Base](https://www.base.org/) affect searcher bidding, competition, and the role of latency. - [Active Liquidity On Chain: Evidence from PropAMMs Across Chains](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38056) by [Ozan Solmaz](https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Solmaz,+O), [Lioba Heimbach](https://liobaheimba.ch), and [Jason Milionis](https://jasonmili.github.io/) examines how propAMMs gain an edge over traditional AMMs through cheap, frequent price updates and charging different fees to different traders - [Thread](https://x.com/liobaheimbach/status/2105300009285456027) by [Lioba Heimbach](https://liobaheimba.ch) - [On the Geographic Incentives of Multiple Concurrent Proposers](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.33958) by [Kushal Babel](https://x.com/KushalBabel), [Jason Milionis](https://jasonmili.github.io/), and [Eric Xue](https://ericrxue.com/) shows in a spatial model that multiple concurrent proposers (MCP) cluster when they also serve as attesters, while separating these roles can encourage geographic decentralization. - [Accountability for Encrypted Mempools](https://ethresear.ch/t/accountability-for-encrypted-mempools/26123) by [Aditi Partap](https://aditi741997.github.io/) and [Arantxa Zapico](https://sites.google.com/view/arantxazapico/home) proposes a threshold-encryption tracing framework for encrypted mempools to hold committee members accountable for leaking decryption access. - [Glamsterdam hit Sepolia. Some early numbers.](https://x.com/nero_eth/status/2107747999229051238) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://toniwahrstaetter.com) compares Sepolia before and after Glamsterdam activation, finding faster payload validation per unit of gas across five EL clients as the gas limit rose to 200 million. - [Very early scaling results from Glamsterdam on Sepolia](https://terencechain.com/writing/very-early-glamsterdam-scaling-results/?v=3) by [Terence Tsao](https://x.com/terencechain) reports faster beacon block processing and payload validation in the first nine hours after Glamsterdam activated on Sepolia, alongside higher average gas usage per payload. - [Post](https://x.com/terencechain/status/2107703288904982849) by [Terence Tsao](https://x.com/terencechain) # Posts & Threads - [Barnabé Monnot](https://barnabemonnot.com/) published a [post](https://x.com/barnabemonnot/status/2105688718057074919) reporting that[Quick Slots](https://quickslots.info/) moved to _Considered for Inclusion_ (CFI) for Hegotá, with the proposed slot-time reduction still subject to testing. # Talks & Discussions - [Staking Nerd Talk; Type 0 Deprecation, Glamsterdam, and Quantum Security](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2lEd6-7kFk) discusses Glamsterdam preparations, post-quantum security, and Hegotá proposals including[Frame Transactions](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8141). - [Post](https://x.com/yorickdowne/status/2105066493671268648) by [Yorick Downe](https://x.com/yorickdowne) - [All Core Devs - Consensus (ACDC) #188, October 1, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TaMYavJcts) hosted by [Alex Stokes](https://stokes.io) covered Sepolia’s Glamsterdam preparations and continued Hegotá scoping, including moving [Quick Slots](https://quickslots.info/) to CFI. - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/2227) by [Alex Stokes](https://stokes.io) - [Notes](https://etherworld.co/ethereum-protocol-update-acdc-188/) by [Yash Kamal Chaturvedi](https://x.com/YashKamalChatu1) - [Notes](https://forkcast.org/calls/acdc/188/) by [Forkcast](https://forkcast.org/) - [All Core Devs - Testing (ACDT) #99, October 5, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Ix7U9lFEw) hosted by [Mario Vega](https://x.com/elbuenmayini) covered Glamsterdam devnet updates, Sepolia upgrade readiness, and fixes to `eth_call` gas limits following [EIP-8037](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8037). - [ACDT #99 (CL Breakout)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi8-oOvANIY) - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/2242) by [Mario Vega](https://x.com/elbuenmayini) - [Notes](https://forkcast.org/calls/acdt/099/) by [Forkcast](https://forkcast.org/) - [Frame Transaction Breakout #6, Oct 6, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7w0rd_TCxo) discussed [Frame transactions](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8141) devnet progress, specification changes, and plans to combine [Frame Transactions](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8141) and [FOCIL](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7805) in Hegotá devnets. - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/2241) by [Marc Garreau](https://x.com/wolovim) # Other - [Ethlabs week 15: Ship’s getting real.](https://x.com/casparschwa/status/2106879530858340357) by [Caspar Schwarz-Schilling](https://twitter.com/casparschwa) presents recent work by [Ethlabs](https://ethlabs.org/) on [FCR](https://fastconfirm.it/) adoption, [Quick Slots](https://quickslots.info/) moving to CFI for Hegotá, and surveys of L2 data-availability requirements. * * * ✉ **[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)_