# The MEV Letter #64

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-64/4188
**Category:** The Flashbots Ship
**Tags:** the-mev-letter
**Created:** [November 29, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-64/4188 "2024-11-29T21:21:01Z")
**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: [November 29, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-64/4188/1 "2024-11-29T21:21:01Z")

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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

- [Introducing BuilderNet](https://buildernet.org/blog/introducing-buildernet) by [Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/) presents [BuilderNet](https://buildernet.org/docs), a decentralized block building network designed to neutralize exclusive orderflow deals, enhance Ethereum’s censorship resistance, and accelerate decentralization across rollups and apps.
  - [Forum post](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/introducing-buildernet/4173) by [Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/SheaKetsdever/status/1861480598000304148) by @shea
  - [Thread](https://x.com/bertcmiller/status/1861480732809666632) by @bert
  - [Thread](https://x.com/hasufl/status/1861480875525054845) by @Hasu
  - [Thread](https://x.com/NethermindEth/status/1861749312327180765) by [Nethermind](https://www.nethermind.io/)

- [Introducing contender](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/introducing-contender/4137) by @brock outlines the pre-alpha of [Contender](https://github.com/flashbots/contender), a benchmarking tool for EL clients designed to simulate realistic, repeatable transaction scenarios to test node performance.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/zeroXbrock/status/1859311479423631613) by @brock

- [Portait of a TEE: applications and identity](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/portait-of-a-tee-applications-and-identity/4142) by @mateusz examine methods for identifying TEE instances and applications, emphasizing the limitations of existing attestation-based methods and the potential role of smart contracts.
- [Resonance: Transaction Fees for Heterogeneous Computation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11789) by [Maryam Bahrani](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam) and [Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula) presents ​​a transaction fee mechanism designed to efficiently address heterogeneous computational demands between users and nodes.
  - [Resonance: A Market Mechanism for Heterogeneous Computation](https://ritual.net/blog/resonance-pt1) by[Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula) and [Maryam Bahrani](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam)
  - [The Resonance Mechanism and its Properties](https://ritual.net/blog/resonance-pt2) by [Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula) and[Maryam Bahrani](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/n_durvasula/status/1859707676931850719) by [Naveen Durvasula](https://x.com/n_durvasula)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam/status/1859707685622755373) by [Maryam Bahrani](https://x.com/bahrani_maryam)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/0x_emperor/status/1859802018401091653) by [Emperor](https://x.com/0x_emperor)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/ritualnet/status/1859703064636293398) by [Ritual](https://ritual.net/)

- [The 5 Levels of Secure Hardware](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/11/the-5-levels-of-secure-hardware) by [Georgios Konstantopoulos](https://x.com/gakonst) defines five levels of secure hardware, where each level enables more use cases, better performance, and higher security.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/gakonst/status/1859680331621859631) by[Georgios Konstantopoulos](https://x.com/gakonst)

- [Analysing Expected Proposer Revenue from Preconfirmations](https://research.lido.fi/t/analysing-expected-proposer-revenue-from-preconfirmations/8954) by[Conor McMenamin](https://x.com/ConorMcMenamin9) presents Dependent Sub-Slot Auctions (DSSAs), a preconfirmation protocol that increases proposer revenue even without preconfirmation tips.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/ConorMcMenamin9/status/1862128929173066158) by[Conor McMenamin](https://x.com/ConorMcMenamin9)

- [Dynamic Finalization Considering 51% Attacks](https://ethresear.ch/t/dynamic-finalization-considering-51-attacks/21112) by [Titania Research](https://x.com/titaniaresearch) identifies risks associated with PoS Ethereum, especially 51% attacks, and proposes new detection and delay mechanisms to improve network resilience.
- [Transport privacy exploration of the Validator-Relayer Builder API](https://ethresear.ch/t/transport-privacy-exploration-of-the-validator-relayer-builder-api/21050) by[QYu](https://ethresear.ch/u/QYu/summary) demonstrates transport-level metadata leaks by MEV-Boost relays that can be exploited to de-anonymize validators and attack the network.
- [Block Arrivals, Home Stakers & Bumping the blob count](https://ethresear.ch/t/block-arrivals-home-stakers-bumping-the-blob-count/21096) by [Sam Calder-Mason](https://x.com/samcmAU) analyzes how increasing Ethereum’s blob count via [EIP-7691](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7691) would impact bandwidth-limited nodes and overall network performance.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/samcmAU/status/1861765636952891726) by[Sam Calder-Mason](https://x.com/samcmAU)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/parithosh_j/status/1861915497563886042) by [parithosh](https://x.com/parithosh_j)

- [The case for EIP-7732 in Fusaka](https://hackmd.io/@potuz/Bkcwd5hG1x) by [Potuz](https://x.com/potuz_eth) outlines the rationale for adopting [EIP-7732](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7732) in Fusaka by detailing its benefits for network latency, bandwidth, and stability.
- [In-Protocol Transaction Ordering](https://ethresear.ch/t/in-protocol-transaction-ordering/21084) by[Matthew Keil](https://x.com/MatthewKeil) presents a refinement to[FOCIL](https://ethresear.ch/t/fork-choice-enforced-inclusion-lists-focil-a-simple-committee-based-inclusion-list-proposal/19870) that addresses transaction selection, ordering, and rewards redistribution by incorporating deterministic ordering.
- [Secret Sharing with Snitching: Addressing Shareholder Collusion in Threshold Cryptography](https://blog.shutter.network/secret-sharing-with-snitching-addressing-shareholder-collusion-in-threshold-cryptography/) by [Shutter](https://www.shutter.network/) explores how [Secret Sharing with Snitching](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1610.pdf?ref=blog.shutter.network) enhances the security of threshold cryptography by deterring and detecting collusion through fraud proofs.
- [Hoo Hoo! The First Mainnet Encrypted Mempool](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/first-mainnet-encrypted-mempool-from-shutter-network)by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) examines the use of encrypted mempools, such as [Shutter](https://www.shutter.network/)’s [implementation](https://blog.shutter.network/shutterized-gnosis-chain-is-now-live/) on [Gnosis Chain](https://www.gnosis.io/), as a way to mitigate MEV and improve censorship resistance.
- [Preconfirmation (feat. Taiko): Make Ethereum Fast for the First Time!](https://4pillars.io/en/articles/preconfirmation-feat-taiko) by [Ingeun Kim](https://x.com/IngsParty) details how [Taiko](https://taiko.xyz/) and other rollups can use based preconfirmation to improve transaction finality and enhance interoperability.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/FourPillarsFP/status/1856986203045957634) by [Four Pillars](https://4pillars.io/en)

- [Introducing Plasma: A Reference Implementation of a Sandwich-Resistant AMM](https://www.ellipsislabs.xyz/blog-posts/introducing-plasma) by[Ellipsis Labs](https://www.ellipsislabs.xyz/) announces the release of a sandwich-resistant AMM reference[implementation](https://github.com/Ellipsis-Labs/plasma) designed to mitigate sandwich attacks.
- [Same Slot vs. Next Slot Inclusion List](https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/same-vs-next-slot-il) by[Terence Tsao](https://terencecha.in/) evaluates the tradeoffs between Same-Slot and Next-Slot inclusion lists in the context of[EIP-7547](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7547) and[EIP-7805](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7805).
- [MEV isn’t as competitive as you think](https://mteam.space/posts/mev-isnt-as-competitive-as-you-think/) by [mteam](https://x.com/mteamisloading) explores the competitive differences between short tail and long tail MEV.

# Posts & Threads

- [PBS Foundation](https://pbs.foundation/) published a [thread](https://x.com/PBS_Foundation/status/1860529833203368013) to highlight content from [Devcon SEA](https://devcon.org/) related to protocols, MEV, and auction design.
- [Gideon](https://x.com/nuhgid) published a series of posts diving into topics related to the intersection of TEEs and blockchains:
  - [TEEs and blockchains](https://x.com/nuhgid/status/1859974627579302340)
  - [BuilderNet](https://x.com/nuhgid/status/1861807728680943852)
  - [Secure hardware](https://x.com/nuhgid/status/1861055412809949428)

- [0xprincess](https://x.com/0x9212ce55) published a [thread](https://x.com/0x9212ce55/status/1861088307548946495) announcing TOOL by [NuConstruct](https://nuconstruct.xyz/) that’s using TEEs to process orderflow privately and provide 1-second sub-slots with execution guarantees.
- [CoW DAO](https://cow.fi/) published a[thread](https://x.com/CoWSwap/status/1861234736502624414) detailing a multi-block MEV attack that exploited CoW Protocol’s OrderBook API, and steps being taken to mitigate the information leakage.
- [libevm](https://x.com/libevm) published a[thread](https://x.com/libevm/status/1860106865235100039) explaining how searchers exploit logs\_bloom to execute blind sandwich attacks, bypassing protections such as[MetaMask](https://metamask.io/)’s smart transaction feature.
- [Doug Colkitt](https://x.com/0xdoug) published a[thread](https://x.com/0xdoug/status/1861662510023123030) detailing how sniper bots are exploiting Clanker’s UniV3 NFT deployment on [Base](https://www.base.org/) to preemptively snipe new pools causing excessive transaction spam, and suggests ways to resolve the issue.
- [bolt](https://boltprotocol.xyz/) published a [thread](https://x.com/boltprotocol_/status/1860005471194874019) announcing that [bolt](https://github.com/chainbound/bolt/) has been deployed on the Holešky testnet to enable permissionless proposer commitments.
- [Jarrod Watts](https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev) published a[thread](https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1859764880691298713) describing the current state of PBS and how[EIP-7805](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7805) is designed to improve censorship resistance.
- [Anders Elowsson](https://x.com/weboftrees) published a[thread](https://x.com/weboftrees/status/1859845411118383570) to illustrate how an automated gradual reduction down to a new reward curve over a period of 1-2 years could look like.
- [0age](https://x.com/z0age) published a [thread](https://x.com/z0age/status/1861420959665639450) detailing [The Compact](https://github.com/Uniswap/the-compact) by [Uniswap](https://app.uniswap.org/) designed for reusable resource locks to address inefficiencies in cross-chain swaps.
- [Titan Relay](https://titanrelay.xyz/) published a [thread](https://x.com/titanrelayxyz/status/1861086387207823513) outlining new access requirements for the TopBid websocket stream in Titan Relay.

# Talks & Discussions

- [Additional recordings](https://www.youtube.com/@EthereumFoundation/videos) from [Devcon SEA](https://devcon.org/) hosted by [Ethereum Foundation](https://ethereum.org/) have been uploaded:
  - [Conditional Recall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO1amHaKH2U) by @Christoph and @sxysun
  - [Empirical analysis of AMM loss versus rebalancing on layer 2 chains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArILIuH7G2U) by @elainehu
  - [Who Wins Ethereum Block Building Auctions and Why?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP9PFx1ooQE) by @boz1 and @sui414
  - [Fork-Choice enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75aQTuZkDvE) by [Julian Ma](https://twitter.com/_julianma)
  - [The tension between MEV and Censorship Resistance Gadgets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJ1eCtEAVs) by [Julian Ma](https://twitter.com/_julianma)
  - [Single Slot Finality and the future of staking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEEAemYaeI) by [Francesco](https://x.com/fradamt)
  - [A DAG-Based Mechanism for Fairer and More Decentralized Reward Distribution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzB6W6ZvEo) by [Barnabé Monnot](https://barnabemonnot.com/)
  - [L2 Specific MEV Mitigation Strategies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXV3yFXHlfo) by [Joseph Poon](https://x.com/jcp)
  - [Inclusion List Inevitable Tradeoffs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKBV62BamGo) by [Terence Tsao](https://terencecha.in/)
  - [Bootstrapping a block builder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDUrhkD-6-s) by [Sean Anderson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-anderson-8b4a4497/)
  - [Can we fix MEV?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6PH3od_e00) by[Jonah Burian](https://x.com/_jonahb_)
  - [Does Ethereum Really Need PBS? Solving MEV at the app vs the infrastructure layer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ItIjxxoQ4) by [Felix Leupold](https://x.com/fleupold_)
  - [Is multi-block MEV a thing? Insights from 2 years of MEV Boost Data](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcEZHQiopTg) by [Pascal Stichler](https://x.com/pascalstichler)
  - [Next Generation AMMs - Eliminating LVR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOrDqlGcmJE) by [Anna George](https://x.com/annamsgeorge)
  - [Fair combinatorial auction for trade intents: how to design mechanisms without a numeraire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ix2IuIJGk) by [Andrea Canidio](https://x.com/andreacanidio)
  - [A Revenue Model for Based Rollups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCfnhFL9Mc) by [Conor McMenamin](https://twitter.com/ConorMcMenamin9)
  - [The Chain Abstraction Master Plan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fH-de8v53g) by [Stephane Gosselin](https://twitter.com/thegostep)
  - [Building a Cross-Chain DEX with Chain Abstraction & Intents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7NQrqsPSBQ) by[Shao](https://x.com/wraecca)
  - [Native Account Abstraction in Pectra, rollups and beyond: combining EOF, EIP-7702 and RIP-7560](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYanFF-yU6w) by [Alex Forshtat](https://github.com/forshtat)

- [Uniday](https://www.uniswapfoundation.org/uniday) hosted by [Uniswap Foundation](https://www.uniswapfoundation.org/), [Unichain](https://www.unichain.org/), and [Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/):
  - [Uniswap Community Update](https://youtu.be/yJtq4UVSxuM?si=j8zOkccYXSNtG2wm) by [Devin Walsh](https://x.com/devinawalsh)
  - [Building Unichain](https://youtu.be/kj8aSGad1RU?si=4rWJDCo9b5NV4eW5) by [Mark Toda](https://x.com/MarkToda)
  - [Designing for the Superchain](https://youtu.be/mCBFJLInP-0?si=nFffhrFSfEAaDKbn) by [Chelsy Wu](https://x.com/chelsy_wu)
  - [​MEV Alignment: How Ethereum’s History with MEV Can Help Rollups Win](https://youtu.be/-qWpEaim8qg?si=l3ZXHLJNqpgMSs3d) by @shea
  - [​The Future of Interoperability](https://youtu.be/C1nNt0EiFCk?si=uPAbSPLwwcHOgsIt) by ​[Mark Tyneway](https://x.com/tyneslol)
  - [​Leading DeFi Through Collaboration, Innovation, and Access](https://youtu.be/-8NXiwqm_74?si=K-dwrTR3_sKAz7JP) with ​[Stani Kulechov](https://x.com/StaniKulechov) and [Devin Walsh](https://x.com/devinawalsh)
  - [Panel: Social Capital](https://youtu.be/eTz0nanwlFs?si=EHFHKR4vFY9uk92_) with [Dylan Abruscato](https://x.com/DylanAbruscato), [Chase Chapman](https://x.com/chaserchapman), and [Iz](https://x.com/dethesaurize)
  - [Scaling Defi for Global Finance](https://youtu.be/eMEXy2KlUm0?si=mgiFQf0CiIFMt7Ax) by [Gordon Liao](https://x.com/gordonliao)
  - [The Next Generation of DeFi Builders](https://youtu.be/r3mRLbGPE3Q?si=yyJu-qsscw-ElDOH) by [Bhaumik Patel](https://x.com/patel0phone)
  - ​[App Specific Sequencing](https://youtu.be/0DBHX4Q2ul4?si=ZYa_h6aHfqjC1GNi) by [Ludwig Thouvenin](https://x.com/0xvanbeethoven) and [​Yuki Yuminaga](https://x.com/ballsyalchemist)
  - [Transforming Financial Infrastructure into Public Goods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ma5f8oPsz4) by ​[Paul Frambot](https://x.com/PaulFrambot)
  - [Building with Circle on Unichain](https://youtu.be/HJSrxiNq7zU?si=N54dZllUiErn5S5g) by [Elton Tay](https://x.com/TxnSheng)
  - [Realizing the Rollup Centric Roadmap](https://youtu.be/I85YNxWhd8U?si=b2WHAeLHWnTdspOm) by [dmarz](https://x.com/DistributedMarz)
  - [Panel: What’s Beyond High-Performance Layer 2’s](https://youtu.be/YDzdfk2-Fy0?si=TdoHe-ONjGRAhqB-) with [Georgios Konstantopoulos](https://x.com/gakonst), @bert , [Mark Toda](https://x.com/MarkToda) and [Mark Tyneway](https://x.com/tyneslol)
  - [Priority Is All You Need](https://youtu.be/wzPjlWwOp_o?si=YpqaBUK8sKL035ED) by [Dan Robinson](https://x.com/danrobinson)
  - [Panel: Where the Infinite Garden Grows](https://x.com/uniswapfnd/status/1856232151248973920) with[Vitalik Buterin](https://vitalik.eth.limo/), @phil,[Karl Floersch](https://karl.tech/),[Ben Jones](https://x.com/ben_chain),[Jing Wang](https://x.com/jinglejamop), and @Tina
  - [Thread](https://x.com/UniswapFND/status/1856219336928817546) by [Uniswap Foundation](https://www.uniswapfoundation.org/)

- [preconf.erence](https://lu.ma/zlqddwbc) hosted by [Primev](https://primev.xyz/), [Nethermind](https://www.nethermind.io/), [Taiko Gwyneth](https://gwyneth.taiko.xyz/), and [Puffer Finance](https://www.puffer.fi/):
  - [On the Economic Viability of Preconfirmations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFg1LlGa_U4) by [Conor McMenamin](https://x.com/ConorMcMenamin9)
  - [Panel: Shared Sequencing and Synchronous Commitments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFg1LlGa_U4) with [Brecht Devos](https://x.com/Brechtpd), [Noah Pravecek](https://x.com/noah_pravecek), [Alysia](https://x.com/alysiatech), [Dex Chen](https://x.com/dex_chen_V), [AJ Park](https://x.com/ZeroKnight_eth), [Can Kisagun](https://x.com/kisaguncan), and [Christian Matt](https://x.com/ccpamatt)
  - [Panel: Solver POV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mafU1-nggyY) with [Markus Schmitt](https://x.com/_haikane_), [Matt Deible](https://x.com/mattdeible), [Connor](https://x.com/connor_enso), [Nikita Ovchinnik](https://x.com/NovaOvchinnik), [Nikita Ovchinnik](https://x.com/NovaOvchinnik), [Vishwa Naik](https://x.com/hrojantorse), and [Wee Howe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wee-howe-ang-87710440/)
  - [Panel: Preconf Flavors](https://youtu.be/d1Gjg8H-yLE?si=2GhwCLuA2BPCwH_g) with [mempirate](https://x.com/mempirate), [Kevin Lepsoe](https://x.com/lepsoe), [Harry Gao](https://x.com/0xdabaojian), [Murat Akdeniz](https://x.com/MuratLite), and [Evan Kim](https://x.com/EvanDeKim)
  - [Panel: Based Rollups](https://youtu.be/MkhhFvYXunw?si=wvDEMdezmzpqeAzx) with [Irfan Shaik](https://x.com/i_shaix), [Amir Forouzani](https://x.com/amironchain), [Kaito](https://x.com/coffeetimestw), [Ahmad Mazen Bitar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-mazen-bitar-45b1455a/overlay/about-this-profile/), and [Justin Drake](https://twitter.com/drakefjustin)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/primev_xyz/status/1855920444203057240) by [Primev](https://primev.xyz/)

- [EthScale @ Devcon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFD_R4UXjHM) hosted by [Caladan](https://caladan.xyz/) and [ETHGas](https://www.ethgas.com/):
  - [Preconfs and the Future of PBS](https://youtu.be/U7np_RR60zA?si=FE1mKPLn1WtXSlG5) with [Artemiy Parshakov](https://x.com/parshakov2603), [kassandra.eth](https://x.com/kassandraETH), [Luca Georges](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-georges-francois-4672b2196/)[Wee Howe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wee-howe-ang-87710440/), and [Kevin Lepsoe](https://x.com/lepsoe)
  - [Synchronous Composability in a Multi-Layer World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERn_CUPGgBA) with [Cecilia Zhang](https://x.com/ceciliaz030), [Sam Battenally](https://x.com/sam_battenally), [Ellie Davidson](https://x.com/ellierdavidson), and [Jiawei Zhu](https://x.com/0xjiawei)
  - [An Insider’s Perspective on the Evolving MEV Landscape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h22kHbRqSAM) with [Yuki Yuminaga](https://x.com/ballsyalchemist), [Alex Watts](https://twitter.com/ThogardPvP), [Matt Cutler](https://x.com/mcutler) and [John Park](https://x.com/a41_john)
  - [ETH Gas Markets Panel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkw6JTUSsY) with [Kevin Lepsoe](https://x.com/lepsoe), ​[Juan David](https://x.com/juandmendieta), ​[Alain Kunz](https://x.com/kunzalain), ​[Artemiy Parshakov](https://x.com/parshakov2603), [​Laszlo Szabo](https://x.com/laszlo__szabo), and [Einar Braathen](https://x.com/einar_hb)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/caladanxyz/status/1861306811326046563) by [Caladan](https://caladan.xyz/)

- [DataPalooza](https://lu.ma/datapaloozaBKK?tk=Gd1BV9) hosted by [The Graph](https://thegraph.com/sv/):
  - [Orderflow Dynamics for Ethereum Block Builders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI6Czg7JXZg) by @elainehu
  - [Towards a Decentralised Trade Supply Chain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVwP4WppyXE) by [Markus Schmitt](https://x.com/_haikane_)

- [Blockchain Oracle Summit](https://blockchainoraclesummit.io/) hosted by [Party Action People](https://partyactionpeople.com/):
  - [Panel: Oracle Extractable Value: Unlocking New Revenue Models and Sustainability for Oracles & Dapps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6zxfUxMI4) with [Ugur Mesinlioglu](https://x.com/ugurmersin61), [Ariah Klages-Mundt](https://x.com/aklamun), @tesa, [Matt Rice](https://x.com/mrice32), and [Shayan Eskandar](https://shayan.es/)

- [Ethereum Interop Forum](https://www.ethinteropforum.com/):
  - [L2 Interop Forum](https://youtu.be/VCxv1s_hz54?si=x-0SyLxRBah1Dgc9) with [Vitalik Buterin](https://vitalik.eth.limo/), [Mark Tyneway](https://x.com/tyneslol), [Marcin Michalski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-cyfra-michalski/), [Brecht Devos](https://x.com/Brechtpd), [Haichen Shen](https://x.com/shenhaichen), [Ed Felten](https://x.com/EdFelten), [Nicolas Liochon](https://x.com/nkeywal), and [Marc Boiron](https://x.com/0xMarcB).

- [Infinite Jungle: ePBS Office Hours](https://youtu.be/KiUYsZAfZtI?si=7nakZ7kkCuYM1Cq5) invites [Potuz](https://x.com/potuz_eth) and [Terence Tsao](https://terencecha.in/) to discuss ePBS and their efforts to prepare [EIP-7732](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7732) for the Fusaka upgrade.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/christine_dkim/status/1861791711648768222) by [Christine Kim](https://x.com/christine_dkim)

- [EIP-7732 breakout room #13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80-9dChohM) hosted by [Potuz](https://x.com/potuz_eth) discusses solutions for handling withdrawals after empty blocks in [EIP-7732](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7732), and ways to mitigate the nothing-at-stake risks for staking pools.
  - [Notes](https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/epbs-breakout-13) by[ Terence Tsao  
 ](https://terencecha.in/)

# Other

- [United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit No. 23-50669](https://assets.ctfassets.net/c5bd0wqjc7v0/70EasapqSxH1kLInf3IQrd/1a1ce21cdc6bc903921f45018cce3821/Tornado_Cash.pdf) determines that [U.S Department of Treasury](https://home.treasury.gov/)’s sanctions against Tornado Cash immutable smart contracts are unlawful.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1861549058797772874) by [Paul Grewal](https://x.com/iampaulgrewal)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342) by [Bill Hughes](https://x.com/BillHughesDC)

- [Post-Mortem: High Missed Block Rate Incident on 28/11/2024](https://github.com/gattaca-com/helix/blob/main/incidents/post_mortem_28_nov.md) by [Titan Relay](https://titanrelay.xyz/) details an incident on Nov 28th that caused a high rate of missed blocks due to invalid blocks being processed optimistically by their relay.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/titanrelayxyz/status/1862559852628783118) by [Titan Relay](https://titanrelay.xyz/)

- [speedrunning anoncast natively on X with TEEs](https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1lPKqOdQNedJb) by @sxysun livestreamed coding [anoncast\_](https://x.com/anoncast_) natively on Twitter with TEEs.
- [Automata at Devcon 2024](https://blog.ata.network/automata-at-devcon-2024-77ecb261484c) by[Automata](https://www.ata.network/) highlights their participation in [Devcon SEA](https://devcon.org/) focused on TEEs, secure hardware, and web3 integrations.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/automatanetwork/status/1858877662430666864) by[Automata](https://www.ata.network/)

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