# The MEV Letter #68

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-68/4268
**Category:** The Flashbots Ship
**Tags:** the-mev-letter
**Created:** [December 30, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-68/4268 "2024-12-30T16:32:52Z")
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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: [December 30, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-68/4268/1 "2024-12-30T16:32:52Z")

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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.

_Happy New Year_ 🎉

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# Papers & Articles

- [From Competition to Centralization: The Oligopoly in Ethereum Block Building Auctions](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18074) by [Fei Wu](https://x.com/William33203632), [Thomas Thiery](https://x.com/soispoke), [Stefanos Leonardos](https://stefanosleonardos.wordpress.com/), [Carmine Ventre](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kx8cKycAAAAJ&hl=en) explore builders’ strategic bidding incentives in MEV-Boost auctions, focusing on how advantages in network latency and access to MEV opportunities affect builders’ bidding behaviors and auction outcomes.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/William33203632/status/1871834325957886397) by [Fei Wu](https://x.com/William33203632)

- [Introducing Smart Value Recapture (SVR): A Chainlink-Powered MEV Recapture Solution For DeFi](https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-smart-value-recapture-svr/) by [Chainlink](https://chain.link/) introduces Chainlink Smart Value Recapture (SVR), enabling dapps to recapture MEV derived from their use of Chainlink Price Feeds, leveraging [MEV-Share](https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-mev-share/introduction).
  - [Thread](https://x.com/chainlink/status/1871241636211982752) by [Chainlink](https://chain.link/)
    - [Post](https://x.com/hasufl/status/1871513683324481899) by @Hasu
    - [Post](https://x.com/SheaKetsdever/status/1871628901908349036) by @shea

  - [Thread](https://x.com/campbelleaston/status/1871273566182019400) by [Campbell](https://x.com/CampbellEaston)

- [Understanding Based Rollups: PGA Challenges, Total Anarchy, and Potential Solutions](https://ethresear.ch/t/understanding-based-rollups-pga-challenges-total-anarchy-and-potential-solutions/21320) by [Davide Rezzoli](https://x.com/0xseiryu) analyzes the [total anarchy](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html) method for sequencing blocks in based rollups such as [Taiko](https://taiko.xyz/).
  - [Thread](https://x.com/0xseiryu/status/1871224791497310286) by [Davide Rezzoli](https://x.com/0xseiryu)

- [Spectrum of Based Rollups](https://taiko.mirror.xyz/a2cfOjLTY0T9RwxKczP6xs0q1piQR0i9c9JuhH5iY4U) by [Jünger](https://x.com/Junger0x) explores the trade-offs and composability spectrum of different based rollup approaches.

# Posts & Threads

- [Raghav Agarwal](https://x.com/0xRaghav) published a [post](https://x.com/0xRaghav/status/1872200091593019783) outlining [Primev](https://primev.xyz/)’s [mev-commit protocol](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c--a2f1Wc7Y3hbpUqHLP0mTZlo-ycOOd/view) designed to enable robust guarantees for preconfirmations, instant cross-chain bridging, and more.

# Talks & Discussions

- [The Rollup](https://therollup.co/): [Rollup-Boost, Unichain, And TEEs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_0x9VDRVq0) invites @Hasu and @bert for a conversation on [Unichain](https://www.unichain.org/), [Rollup-Boost](https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost), [BuilderNet](https://buildernet.org/), TEEs, and how the space might evolve from here.
  - [Post](https://x.com/therollupco/status/1872674415990992960) by [The Rollup](https://therollup.co/)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/sosecrypto_kr/status/1873422840176971816) by [SOSE](https://x.com/sosecrypto_kr)

- [Bell Curve](https://x.com/thebellcurvepod): [The State of Liquid Staking, GOOSE-2, and Lido v3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8UV4c6KQsA) invites @Hasu to discuss the current state of liquid staking, [GOOSE-2](https://research.lido.fi/t/hasus-goose-2-submission-a-product-line-approach-to-grow-lido-s-staking-ecosystem/8841), Lido v3, and more.
  - [Post](https://x.com/thebellcurvepod/status/1873056214575198417) by [Bell Curve](https://x.com/thebellcurvepod)

# Other

- [How Concentrated Liquidity in Uniswap V3 Works](https://www.rareskills.io/post/uniswap-v3-concentrated-liquidity) by [RareSkills](http://www.rareskills.io) details how [Uniswap v3](https://uniswap.org/whitepaper-v3.pdf?_gl=1*6l1rcm*_gcl_au*MTgwMDQ3MzczNi4xNzM1NTc1OTE2) implements concentrated liquidity to enhance capital efficiency and reduce price impact.
  - [Post](https://x.com/rareskills_io/status/1871137913087672755) by [RareSkills](http://www.rareskills.io)

- [The Hidden Mechanics of Ethereum’s Builder Market: From Technical Arms Race to Order Flow Empire](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/mev-space-hidden-mechanics-of-searcher-builder-integration) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) highlights discussions from their [second space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMhnyXp0CQM) on the current state of the builder market.
- [zeromev-core](https://github.com/zeromev/zeromev-core)by [zeromev](https://zeromev.org) has been open-sourced, allowing anyone to run their own instance of [zeromev](http://zeromev.org).
  - [Post](https://x.com/pmcgoohanCrypto/status/1872716982300361199) by [Pmcgoohan](https://x.com/pmcgoohanCrypto)

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