# The MEV Letter #42

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-42/3528
**Category:** The Flashbots Ship
**Tags:** links, the-mev-letter
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-42/3528 "2024-06-10T21:59:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### 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: [June 10, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-42/3528/1 "2024-06-10T21:59:14Z")

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_ **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

- [Priority Is All You Need](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/06/priority-is-all-you-need) by [Dan Robinson](https://x.com/danrobinson) and [Dave White](https://x.com/_Dave__White_) introduces _MEV taxes_ as a mechanism that applications can use to capture their own MEV.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1798041872667148778) by[Dan Robinson](https://x.com/danrobinson)
  - [Post](https://x.com/_Dave__White_/status/1798043104144208252) by [Dave White](https://x.com/_Dave__White_)

- [TEE engineering Part 1: Cloud Attestations - Advantages, Shortcomings, Solutions](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/tee-engineering-part-1-cloud-attestations-advantages-shortcomings-solutions/3514) by[Frieder Erdmann](https://twitter.com/fnerdman) discusses the use of cloud attestations with TEEs and the associated trust models with cloud providers.
  - [Post](https://x.com/fnerdman/status/1798695910886830357) by [Frieder Erdmann](https://twitter.com/fnerdman)

- [On block-space distribution mechanisms](https://ethresear.ch/t/on-block-space-distribution-mechanisms/19764) by[Mike Neuder](https://twitter.com/mikeneuder),[Pranav Garimidi](https://x.com/PGarimidi) and[Tim Roughgarden](https://x.com/Tim_Roughgarden) explore different block-space distribution mechanisms and highlight their impact on validator rewards, decentralization, and MEV.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/mikeneuder/status/1799436861280047285) by[Mike Neuder](https://twitter.com/mikeneuder)

- [The Preconfirmation Sauna](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-preconfirmation-sauna/19762) by [Conor McMenamin](https://twitter.com/ConorMcMenamin9) introduces [Switchboard](https://switchboard.nethermind.io/) and presents the _preconfirmation sauna_ as a credibly neutral platform to standardize preconfirmations.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/conormcmenamin9/status/1799130605705372164) by [Conor McMenamin](https://twitter.com/ConorMcMenamin9)

- [The contention between preconfs and ePBS](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-contention-between-preconfs-and-epbs/19770) by[Potuz](https://x.com/potuz_eth) outlines the compatibility of ePBS with proposed mechanisms for preconfirmations.
- [Un-confirming “Pre-confirmations”](https://eljhfx.substack.com/p/un-confirming-pre-confirmations) by [Elijah](https://twitter.com/PossibltyResult) explores the shortcomings of preconfirmations as a solution for Ethereum’s latency problems.
- [Based Sequencer Selection](https://ethresear.ch/t/based-sequencer-selection/19747) by[Simon Brown](https://x.com/orbmis) suggests a deterministic sequencer selection function on L1 that can be used by rollups to facilitate universal synchronous composability between L2s.
- [Censorship Resistance Through Game Theory](https://ethresear.ch/t/censorship-resistance-through-game-theory/19760) by [Antony Denyer](https://x.com/tonydenyer) argues that relays should divulge more metadata about the block so that validators can make more informed decisions that align with their preferences.
- [Taxonomy of transaction sequencing mechanisms 2.0](https://paragraph.xyz/@dias/taxonomy-of-transaction-sequencing-rules) by[Dias](https://x.com/dsalvh) provides an overview of sequencing mechanisms and their effect on transaction execution fairness.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/dsalvh/status/1797898182556316003) by[Dias](https://x.com/dsalvh)

- [Is it worth using MEV-Boost?](https://ethresear.ch/t/is-it-worth-using-mev-boost/19753) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://twitter.com/nero_eth) quantifies the increased revenue proposers receive by outsourcing their block production via MEV-Boost compared to local block building.
  - [Post](https://x.com/nero_eth/status/1798751746866688465) by [Toni Wahrstätter](https://twitter.com/nero_eth)

# Posts & Threads

- [Terence Tsao](https://twitter.com/terencechain) published a [post](https://x.com/terencechain/status/1799438126332731850) asking builders and searchers for feedback on ePBS design related to the time required to build blocks.
  - [Reply](https://x.com/bertcmiller/status/1799465569135018172) by [Robert Miller](https://twitter.com/bertcmiller)
  - [Reply](https://x.com/kubimensah/status/1800126912481669555) by [Kubi Mensah](https://x.com/kubimensah)

- [Alex Nezlobin](https://x.com/0x94305) published a [thread](https://twitter.com/0x94305/status/1798458441964696035) that outlines the impact of delaying a block by 100ms, and why this time period will have more MEV than the average 100ms.
- [Anders Elowsson](https://x.com/weboftrees) published a [thread](https://x.com/weboftrees/status/1798085778008093146) that argues for reducing issuance to reduce unnecessary costs and mitigate centralization risks associated with large LSTs.
- [OneBalance](https://x.com/OneBalance_io) published a [thread](https://x.com/onebalance_io/status/1800232100848619866) announcing the _Fellowship of the OneBalance_ and the _Credible Chain Abstraction Stack_ with the mission to bring credible accounts to Web3 and abstract away fragmentation.

# Talks & Discussions

- [Ethereum Sequencing and Preconfirmations Call #10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrm4ZUoj9xY) invites [Drew Van der Werff](https://x.com/DrewVdW) and [Kubi Mensah](https://x.com/kubimensah) to present _commit-bost_ as a validator platform for preconfirmations and other proposer commitments.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/DrewVdW/status/1798884421107331379) by [Drew Van der Werff](https://x.com/DrewVdW)

- [Scraping Bits](https://twitter.com/ScrapingBits): [Michael Moser: ChorusOne, Solana MEV Validator, Ethereum PBS Timing Games, Orderbook MEV](https://rss.com/podcasts/scrapingbits/1502374/) invites [Michael Moser](https://x.com/mostlyblocks) for a discussion on PBS, timing games, MEV mitigation, and [ChorusOne](https://x.com/chorusone)’s latest research.
  - [Post](https://x.com/mostlyblocks/status/1798727800959947016) by [Michael Moser](https://x.com/mostlyblocks)

# Other

- [Block Proposing and Validating Timelines for MEV-Boost, ePBS, and ePBS with MEV-Boost](https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/comp_epbs_timelines) by[Terence Tsao](https://twitter.com/terencechain) summarizes the timeline differences between ePBS and MEV-Boost using inequalities.
- [Rollup.wtf](https://t.co/6Yz5Z9NyZg) by [Conduit](https://x.com/conduitxyz) provides real-time performance metrics of TPS, MGas/s, and KB/s for rollups.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/emilianobonassi/status/1798766994399084925) by [emiliano](https://x.com/emilianobonassi)

- [Bolt V0.1.0-alpha](https://github.com/chainbound/bolt) by[Chainbound](https://x.com/chainbound_), designed to allow Ethereum proposers to offer credible commitments about their block contents, is now open source.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/chainbound_/status/1799902608112398656) by [Chainbound](https://x.com/chainbound_)

- [Kurtosis](https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis), a platform for packaging and launching ephemeral backend stacks, is now open source.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/KurtosisTech/status/1800258729289355763) by [Kurtosis](https://x.com/KurtosisTech)

# Upcoming events

- **June 8-22** : [ZuBerlin](https://www.zuberlin.city/)by [ZuBerlin](https://x.com/ZuBerlinCity)
- **June 11** : [Flashwares iv: TEEception](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/flashwares-iv-teeception/3525) by [Mateusz Morusiewicz](https://twitter.com/mmrosum)
- **July 8-11** : [EthCC](https://ethcc.io/)by [Ethereum France](https://x.com/Ethereum_France)
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- **July 10** : [FHE Summit](https://www.fhesummit.com/) by [FHE Onchain](https://x.com/FHEOnchain)
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  - [Thread](https://x.com/ThogardPvP/status/1796189563754369273) by [Alex Watts](https://x.com/ThogardPvP)
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- **July 11-13** : [Modular Summit 3.0](https://modularsummit.dev/) by [Celestia Labs](https://x.com/CelestiaOrg) and [Maven11](https://x.com/Maven11Capital)
- **Aug 6** :[The MEV Workshop at the Science of Blockchain Conference 2024 (MEV SBC ’24)](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-workshop-at-the-science-of-blockchain-conference-2024-mev-sbc-24/3527) by[Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/)
- **Aug 7 - 9** : [The Science of Blockchain Conference 2024 (SBC’24)](https://www.sbc-conference.com/) by [IC3](https://www.initc3.org/), [Stanford Center for Blockchain Research](https://cbr.stanford.edu/) and [UC Berkeley RDI](https://rdi.berkeley.edu/).
- **Aug 16-17** : [Frontiers](https://frontiers.paradigm.xyz/) by [Paradigm](https://x.com/paradigm)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/gakonst/status/1797671854150402327) by [Georgios Konstantopoulos  
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