# The MEV Letter #8 **URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-8/2384 **Category:** The Flashbots Ship **Tags:** links, the-mev-letter **Created:** [September 11, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-8/2384 "2023-09-11T12:07:44Z") **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: [September 11, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-8/2384/1 "2023-09-11T12:07:45Z")
_ **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. See our [Transparency Reports](https://collective.flashbots.net/tag/transparency-report) for deeper dives into updates related to Flashbots. # Papers & Articles - [Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4563364) by [Vitalik Buterin](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin), [Jacob Illum](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=6131244), [Matthias Nadler](https://twitter.com/mat_nadler), [Fabian Schär](https://twitter.com/fschaer) and [Ameen Soleimani](https://twitter.com/ameensol) study [Privacy Pools](https://www.privacypools.com/), a novel privacy-enhancing protocol that allows users to prove that their funds (do not) originate from known (un-)lawful sources, without publicly revealing their entire transaction graph. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1699424914229321966?t=RUCk2WKqK8JPs6g2NVRh4A&s=19) by [Ameen Soleimani](https://twitter.com/ameensol) - [RIG Update #2 — Science of Blockchain Conference (SBC) 2023](https://robustincentives.substack.com/p/rig-update-2-science-of-blockchain?r=1vuy3k&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) by [RIG](https://twitter.com/ethconomics) provides a summary of their latest research, a recap of SBC, and what’s next. - [Fun and games with inclusion lists](https://ethresear.ch/t/fun-and-games-with-inclusion-lists/16557?u=barnabe) by [Barnabé Monnot](https://twitter.com/barnabemonnot) looks at the behaviors, games and attacks that may arise between rational proposers and builders as a consequence of inclusion lists. - [Has anyone checked on EIP-1559 recently?](https://prestwich.substack.com/p/has-anyone-checked-on-eip-1559-recently) by [James Prestwich](https://twitter.com/_prestwich) presents a way for proposers and builders to collude and circumvent EIP-1559’s fee adjustments by increasing the gas _target_ while keeping the actual block _size_ small. - [PR to Flashbots builder](https://github.com/flashbots/builder/pull/113) by [James Prestwich](https://twitter.com/_prestwich) - [Thread](https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1699458944987488356?t=BygFKtkfDlVdTVuWV0L19A&s=19) by [Martin Köppelmann](https://twitter.com/koeppelmann) - [Strong Builder Identity for Combating Builder Imposter Attacks](https://ethresear.ch/t/strong-builder-identity-for-combating-builder-imposter-attacks/16550) by [Max Resnick](https://twitter.com/MaxResnick1), [Mallesh Pai](https://twitter.com/malleshpai) and [Kobi Gurkan](https://twitter.com/kobigurk) suggest _builder signatures_ as a stronger identity system for block builders, motivated by the recent [impersonation of Titan builder](https://twitter.com/titanbuilderxyz/status/1699057370197049533?s=20). - [Thread](https://twitter.com/MaxResnick1/status/1699159951133081755?s=20) by [Max Resnick](https://twitter.com/MaxResnick1) - [The False Narrative of MEV Protection: How Private Transactions Can Result in a Poorer Settlement Than Sending Publicly](https://www.blocknative.com/blog/mev-protection-negative-settlement) by [Blair Marshall](https://twitter.com/blairlmarshall) investigates why some private transactions incur _more_ slippage than public transactions. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/blairlmarshall/status/1699933364374167823?t=Rjd2Wm2fTtH6EOOOzeiO-g&s=19) by [Blair Marshall](https://twitter.com/blairlmarshall) - [Thread](https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1699920832775201151?s=20) by [Blocknative](https://twitter.com/blocknative) - [Why multi-prover matters. SGX as a possible solution.](https://taiko.mirror.xyz/Kx1Mp4WJjd83K1KDEwp1pM7xi9QmpSahxJg3S_N7NE4) by [Lisa A.](https://twitter.com/cryptobuilder_) and [Brecht Devos](https://twitter.com/Brechtpd) explores how a multi-prover approach can hedge the risk of bugs and vulnerabilities in proving systems, with a focus on SGX. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/taikoxyz/status/1699754561525928407?t=SS0AYlA3KKUYER6IHySvWw&s=19) by [Taiko](https://twitter.com/taikoxyz/) # Posts & threads - [SMG](https://twitter.com/specialmech) published [a thread](https://twitter.com/specialmech/status/1699552713040941224) on the vertical integration between builders and searchers by analyzing the top-of-block bundle market. - [Follow up thread](https://twitter.com/0x81B/status/1700257907512893919?t=bsBY5ExG5TYTfIvSZtKP7w&s=19) by [hazard](https://twitter.com/0x81B) - [The mev.fyi project: MEV research content aggregator and search engine](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-fyi-project-mev-research-content-aggregator-and-search-engine/2376) by [Valentin](https://twitter.com/unlock_VALue) announces the [mev.fyi](https://github.com/vmeylan/mev.fyi/) project and encourages community contributions of resources related to MEV, incentive alignment, mechanism design, and their implications in the blockchain ecosystem. - [Topic on ethresearch](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-mev-fyi-project-mev-research-content-aggregator-and-search-engine/16586) by [Valentin](https://twitter.com/unlock_VALue) - [Louis](https://twitter.com/Louissongyz) published [a thread](https://twitter.com/Louissongyz/status/1699777071772577951?t=qFIgRoSZz8LsPdCU3-PK2A&s=19) on how “MEV-Boost+” and “MEV-Boost++”, described in [Censorship Resistance with Restaking](https://www.blog.eigenlayer.xyz/censorship-resistance-with-restaking/) by [EigenLayer](https://twitter.com/eigenlayer), would enhance Ethereum’s liveness guarantees and censorship resistance. - [Stephy](https://twitter.com/sunnydece) published [a thread](https://twitter.com/sunnydece/status/1699124522757283997?s=20) on modular blockchains and how different rollup architectures handle settlement, sequencing, verification and data availability. - [Steven Goldfeder](https://twitter.com/sgoldfed) published [a post](https://twitter.com/sgoldfed/status/1699668423284772864?t=m9qefyiKL5gckK9Mj_Ybjw&s=19) to clarify the different meanings people assign to the term “decentralized sequencer” in the context of rollups. - [Empowering Innovation: ERC-4337 Account Abstraction Grant Round Recipients](https://mirror.xyz/erc4337official.eth/hRn_41cef8oKn44ZncN9pXvY3VID6LZOtpLlktXYtmA) by [erc4337](https://twitter.com/erc4337) announce the 18 recipients of the Ethereum Account Abstraction grant round. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/erc4337/status/1699391370182701297?t=GlEgE6L8mvz8G3M-CLkRhQ&s=19) by [erc4337](https://twitter.com/erc4337) - [banteg](https://twitter.com/bantg/) published a [post](https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1699765906887327874?s=20) announcing a bounty for anyone who can demonstrate that an allowance frontrun has happened in the wild. # Talks & Discussions - [Community Call ft. Flashbots](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPJqBvDyOlxb) hosted by [Rocket Pool](https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool) invited [Hasu](https://twitter.com/hasufl) to talk about the history of Flashbots, from mev-geth and Flashbots Protect to MEV-Boost, MEV-Share and SUAVE. - [Thread](https://twitter.com/upshotintern/status/1699087915861594519?s=20) by [Upshot Intern](https://twitter.com/upshotintern/) - [Zero Knowledge - MEV, Mechanism Design & the Censorship Problem with Mallesh M Pai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsTERg8X5GY) invited [Tarun Chitra](https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) and [Mallesh Pai](https://twitter.com/malleshpai) to explore mechanism design and Mallesh’s research on MEV and censorship. - [Scraping Bits: MEV Operator Opens Up: Inside A Top 1% Web3 MEV Team Turned To Block Building - Ft. 0xPrincess](https://rss.com/podcasts/scrapingbits/1064148/) by [DeGatchi](https://twitter.com/DeGatchi) had [0xprincess](https://twitter.com/0x9212ce55) on to talk about their experience as a searcher and block builder. # Other - [The RareSkills Book of Gas Optimization](https://www.rareskills.io/post/gas-optimization) by [Jesserc](https://twitter.com/Jesserc_), [michaelamadi.eth](https://twitter.com/AmadiMichaels) and [supernovahs](https://twitter.com/supernovahs444) is an extensive collection of tricks and best practices for gas optimization in Solidity. * * * ✉ [**Sign up here**](https://forms.gle/Qr6MEUkVa13TDipW6) if you’d like to get The MEV Letter straight to your inbox! 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