# The MEV Letter #20 **URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-20/2823 **Category:** The Flashbots Ship **Tags:** links, the-mev-letter **Created:** [December 17, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-20/2823 "2023-12-17T22:26:12Z") **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: [December 17, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-20/2823/1 "2023-12-17T22:26:13Z")
_ **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 - [Cooperative AI via Decentralized Commitment Devices](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07815.pdf) by [Xinyuan Sun](https://twitter.com/sxysun1), [Davide Crapis](https://twitter.com/DavideCrapis), [Matt Stephenson,](https://twitter.com/stephensonhmatt) [Barnabé Monnot](https://twitter.com/barnabemonnot), [Thomas Thiery](https://twitter.com/soispoke) and [Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jopasserat) explores the limitations and potential security issues in cooperative AI using examples from MEV literature. - [Ratel: MPC-extensions for Smart Contracts](https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1909) by [Yunqi Li](https://twitter.com/lilioneviola), [Kyle Soska](https://twitter.com/SoskaKyle), [Zhen Huang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhen-huang-96a29325/), [Sylvain Bellemare](https://twitter.com/sbellem), [Mikerah Quintyne-Collins](https://twitter.com/badcryptobitch), [Lun Wang](https://twitter.com/lunwang1996), [Xiaoyuan Liu](https://twitter.com/littleRound_cn), [Dawn Song](https://twitter.com/dawnsongtweets) and [Andrew Miller](https://twitter.com/socrates1024) introduce _Ratel_, a framework for bridging MPC and Solidity to enable privacy-preserving dapps. - [Dirac AMM](https://github.com/kkoshiya/CauchyAMM/blob/cf0fa6c678d6f5dcd40be6abdcd786ce18366afa/CauchyAMM.pdf) by [Vasily Tolstikov](https://twitter.com/CK_2049) and [Kyle Koshiyama](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-koshiyama-8029bb108/) showcases a way to mitigate MEV on a Concentrated Circular Market Maker (CCMM) by obfuscating transactions and allowing the price to go negative. - Forum: [Negative Price AMM](https://ethresear.ch/t/negative-price-amm/17833) by [Vasily Tolstikov](https://twitter.com/CK_2049) - [The cost of artificial latency in the PBS context](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-cost-of-artificial-latency-in-the-pbs-context/17847) by [Umberto Natale](https://twitter.com/umb_nat) examines how proposers can earn higher rewards through timing games in the MEV-Boost auction. - [When To Sell Your Blocks](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/when-to-sell-your-blocks/2814/1) by[Quintus Kilbourn](https://twitter.com/0xQuintus) and[Conor McMenamin](https://twitter.com/ConorMcMenamin9) evaluates the differences between slot auctions and just-in-time auctions like MEV-Boost, intended to serve as a starting point for other chains thinking through this decision. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/0xQuintus/status/1735335059140284766?s=20) by[Quintus Kilbourn](https://twitter.com/0xQuintus) - [M.O.S.S. - A SUAVE Block Building Proposal](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/m-o-s-s-a-suave-block-building-proposal/2809) by [Quintus Kilbourn](https://twitter.com/0xQuintus) introduces a contract pattern for SUAVE block construction aimed to open up innovation and participation from originators and processors of order flow without sacrificing execution guarantees. - [The Problems Solved By SUAVE](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-problems-solved-by-suave/2816) by [Quintus Kilbourn](https://twitter.com/0xQuintus) shares an overview of use cases SUAVE enables by increasing the trust between counterparties via stronger commitments and privacy through TEEs. - [Introduction to SUAVE & MEVM](https://medium.com/@titania-research/introduction-to-suave-mevm-99ef0251b1d1) by[Tomo](https://twitter.com/t_adachi6006) provides an overview of SUAVE and the MEVM with code examples of SUAPPs. - [Block Builder Profitability - Research](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/block-builder-profitability-research/2803) by [OreoMev](https://twitter.com/OreoMev) analyzes the profitability and market share of block builders in November. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/OreoMev/status/1734934343670272124) by [OreoMev](https://twitter.com/OreoMev) - [Tipping the Iceberg of CEX-DEX MEV](https://spicypunk.substack.com/p/tipping-the-iceberg-of-cex-dex-mev) by [Spicypunk](https://twitter.com/bethgenewang) discusses the complexities of measuring CEX-DEX arbitrage and shares finding from a 2-week case study between Osmosis and Binance. # Posts & Threads - [Private libraries in SUAVE](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/private-libraries-in-suave/2812) by [Ferran Borreguero](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferranbt/) describes how SUAPPs can use private libraries through confidential compute requests and the `create` opcode. - Github: [Example Suapp with a Private library](https://github.com/flashbots/suapp-examples/tree/main/examples/private-library) - [P2P](https://twitter.com/P2Pvalidator) published a [thread](https://twitter.com/P2Pvalidator/status/1734173654047678841) to share their position on timing games following the [discussion](https://ethresear.ch/t/timing-games-implications-and-possible-mitigations/17612) related to their previous [announcement](https://p2p.org/economy/unlock-p2p-orgs-mev-enhancement-feature/). - [P2P](https://twitter.com/P2Pvalidator) published a [thread](https://twitter.com/p2pvalidator/status/1735343668301840617?s=52) with information on how their users can disable the added request delay to relays. - [Alex Watts](https://twitter.com/ThogardPvP) published a[thread](https://twitter.com/thogardpvp/status/1735114476641497568?s=52) on the effects block times have on CEX/DEX arbitrage. - [Response](https://twitter.com/ciamac/status/1735265543148486767?s=52) by[Ciamac Moallemi](https://twitter.com/ciamac/) - [Jiawei](https://twitter.com/Elegy4TheArctic) published a [thread](https://twitter.com/Elegy4TheArctic/status/1734413364707962957) that analyzes the current state of competition in the orderflow space. - [rain&coffee](https://twitter.com/0xRainandCoffee) published a [thread](https://twitter.com/0xrainandcoffee/status/1734667865025097896?s=52) that summarizes the research landscape for intents. # Talks & Discussions - [MEV Boost Community Call #7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUFcgzytQXY) hosted by [Alex Stokes](https://twitter.com/ralexstokes) discussed Deneb, PBS Foundation, and the effects of timing games. - [Forum post](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/mev-boost-community-call-6-5-october-2023/2454) by [Alex Stokes](https://twitter.com/ralexstokes) - [Incentives, Value Redistribution, & Observability in MEV Supply Chain](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZEpklkMxB) hosted by [EigenPhi](https://twitter.com/EigenPhi) invites [Benjamin Hunter](https://twitter.com/philosowrapter), [Blair Marshall](https://twitter.com/blairlmarshall), [Danning Sui](https://twitter.com/sui414), [Julian Villella](https://twitter.com/JooleanVillella), and [Sophie Liu](https://twitter.com/Sophie_EigenPhi) to discuss the MEV supply chain, MEV burn, PEPC, builder-searcher integration, and more. # Other - [SUIFT](https://suift.panteracapital.com/) by [Matt Stephenson](https://twitter.com/stephensonmatt), [Xinyuan Sun](https://twitter.com/sxysun1), and [Lauren Stephanian](https://twitter.com/lstephanian) is a concept SUAPP that provides a fairer ticketing auction to mitigate the negative externalities of ticketing bots and resale markets. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/stephensonhmatt/status/1735042105469260063?s=52) by [Matt Stephenson](https://twitter.com/stephensonmatt) - [Thread](https://twitter.com/sxysun1/status/1735048294118699226?s=52) by [Xinyuan Sun](https://twitter.com/sxysun1) - [Thread](https://twitter.com/lstephanian/status/1735019112299122800?s=52) by [Lauren Stephanian](https://twitter.com/lstephanian) - [Thread](https://x.com/PanteraCapital/status/1735017889957126404?s=20) by [Pantera Capital](https://twitter.com/PanteraCapital) - [mev-boost-relay v0.28](https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost-relay/releases/tag/v0.28) has been released with support for the [Holešky](https://github.com/eth-clients/holesky) testnet. - [SUAVE-viem](https://github.com/flashbots/suave-viem) is a TypeScript extension for [viem](https://viem.sh/) for interacting with SUAVE. - [ethers-suave](https://github.com/halo3mic/ethers-suave) by [Miha Lotric](https://twitter.com/MihaLotric) is a Typescript library, built on top of [ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/), for interacting with SUAVE. - [DotPics Data API](https://api-docs.dotpics.info/) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://twitter.com/nero_eth) provides access to the data powering the various ._pics_ dashboards such as [mevboost.pics](https://mevboost.pics/). - [Post](https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1736435624092017061) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://twitter.com/nero_eth) - [Thread](https://twitter.com/notnotstorm/status/1736443684605039069?s=52) by [storm](https://twitter.com/notnotstorm) * * * ✉ [**Sign up here**](https://flashbots.net/the-mev-letter) if you’d like to get The MEV Letter straight to your inbox! 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