# The MEV Letter #40 **URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-40/3453 **Category:** The Flashbots Ship **Tags:** links, the-mev-letter **Created:** [May 27, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-40/3453 "2024-05-27T19:39:21Z") **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: [May 27, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-40/3453/1 "2024-05-27T19:39:21Z")
_ **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 - [Decentralizing Monopolistic Power in DeFi](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4831572) by [Sarit Markovich](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarit-markovich-b0a6476/) examines the impact of exclusive orderflow on the block-building market and suggests alternative ways to maximize validators’ rewards. - [Anonymous Inclusion Lists (anon-ILs)](https://ethresear.ch/t/anonymous-inclusion-lists-anon-ils/19627) by [Thomas Thiery](https://twitter.com/soispoke) and [Luca Zanolini](https://x.com/luca_zanolini) outlines a distributed mechanism for anonymous Inclusion Lists that leverages linkable ring signatures and an anonymous broadcast protocol. - [Thread](https://x.com/soispoke/status/1793663059120251352?s=52) by [Thomas Thiery](https://twitter.com/soispoke) - [Credibly Neutral Preconfirmation Collateral](https://ethresear.ch/t/credibly-neutral-preconfirmation-collateral-the-preconfirmation-registry/19634) by [mteam](https://x.com/mteamisloading) introduces a design for a credibly neutral registry for preconfirmation. - [EVM Native Sequencing Rules](https://ethresear.ch/t/evm-native-sequencing-rules/19606) by [Lily Johnson](https://x.com/lobstermindset) introduces the concept of _Sequencing Rules_ and outlines how MEV could be reduced with a Sequencing Rule-enabled EVM. - [Thread](https://x.com/lobstermindset/status/1793331264553951695) by [Lily Johnson](https://x.com/lobstermindset) - [Building Blocks - Closed Software, Competitions](https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/building-blks-competitions) by [Terence Tsao](https://twitter.com/terencechain) discuss the negative impacts of relying on closed-source and out-of-protocol block production software in L1 consensus. - [Nyota Interop Recap](https://blog.ethereum.org/2024/05/22/nyota-interop-recap) by [Tim Beiko](https://twitter.com/TimBeiko) recaps the interop event that gathered client teams, researchers, testing- and devops teams for a week-long sprint on Pectra, PeerDAS, and Verkle. # Posts & Threads - [Michael](https://x.com/plc_hld) published a [post](https://x.com/plc_hld/status/1793690564078289025) to showcase how the MEV-Boost fork Adagio increases validator rewards by delaying the `getHeader` request sent to the relay. # Talks & Discussions - [Recordings from Research Day](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrTmn1_Dm_Upsw8BY-1wVyqIDYgS5c51H)hosted by [Celestia](https://x.com/CelestiaOrg), [DBA](https://x.com/dba_crypto), and [iqlusion](https://x.com/iqlusioninc) have been uploaded with talks on block building, based sequencing, oracles, and more. - [Thread](https://x.com/dba_crypto/status/1793051735851712603) by [DBA](https://x.com/dba_crypto) - [End-to-end useful enclave in Gramine/Python; into to Controlled Channel attacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyFUVRessg) by [Andrew Miller](https://twitter.com/socrates1024) walks through an end-to-end application in Gramine and introduces Controlled Channel attacks. - [Forum post](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/flashwares-ii-end-to-end-useful-enclave-in-gramine-python-intro-to-controlled-channel-attacks/3432) by [Andrew Miller](https://twitter.com/socrates1024) - [Indexed Podcast](https://x.com/indexed_pod): [Episode 7 - Staking & Restaking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLXU4YpN28) with [Boxer](https://twitter.com/0xBoxer), [Danning Sui](https://twitter.com/sui414) and [hildobby](https://twitter.com/hildobby_) discuss the latest onchain data related to staking, and restaking. - [Not An Essay: Jon Charbonneau on Composability, Stake Centralization and Bitcoin L2s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjjW0HMtJAU) invites [Jon Charbonneau](https://x.com/jon_charb) to talk about MEV, issuance, sequencing, and more. - [Post](https://x.com/blockspacepod/status/1794748065686905254) by [Blockspace Media](https://x.com/blockspacepod) - [Post](https://x.com/jon_charb/status/1794748803628548283)by [Jon Charbonneau](https://x.com/jon_charb) - [Ethereum Sequencing and Preconfirmations Call #9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxtXcxYzL1k) invites [mteam](https://x.com/mteamisloading) for a presentation on [Credibly Neutral Preconfirmation Collateral](https://ethresear.ch/t/credibly-neutral-preconfirmation-collateral-the-preconfirmation-registry/19634). - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1048) by [Josh Rudolf](https://x.com/rudolf6_) # Other - [Proposal: Implementing EIP-712 for Confidential Compute Requests](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/proposal-implementing-eip-712-for-confidential-compute-requests/3451) by [Ferran](https://x.com/ferranbt) suggests an improvement to how Confidential Compute Records (CCRs) are signed in suave-geth by adopting the [EIP-712](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-712) signature standard. - [Orderflow observability spec](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/orderflow-observability-spec/3441) by [brock](https://twitter.com/zeroXbrock) proposes standard events for SUAPPs to establish a unified interface for observing orderflow in applications. - [Queue End Of Block Transaction OPCODE](https://ethresear.ch/t/queue-end-of-block-transaction-opcode/19621) by [Micah Zoltu](https://x.com/micahzoltu) suggests a new OPCODE to queue code to execute at the end of a block to enable block auctions and mitigate in-block front-running. - [Tx Explain: Open-Source AI Agent for EVM Transactions](https://edennetwork.io/blog/tx-explain-open-source-ai-agent) by [Eden Network](https://x.com/EdenNetwork) provides human-readable explanations for EVM transactions. * * * ✉ [**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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