# The MEV Letter #88

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-88/4948
**Category:** The Flashbots Ship
**Tags:** the-mev-letter
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-88/4948 "2025-05-21T11:01:21Z")
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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: [May 21, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-mev-letter-88/4948/1 "2025-05-21T11:01:21Z")

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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

- [A local-node-favoring delta to the scaling roadmap](https://ethresear.ch/t/a-local-node-favoring-delta-to-the-scaling-roadmap/22368) by [Vitalik Buterin](https://vitalik.eth.limo/) discuss adjustments to the current L1 scaling roadmap to increase throughput while preserving the viability of self-hosted full nodes.
  - [Post](https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1924327024044253547) by [Vitalik Buterin](https://vitalik.eth.limo/)

- [Signal-Boost: L1 Interop Plugin for Rollups](https://ethresear.ch/t/signal-boost-l1-interop-plugin-for-rollups/22354) by [Fabric](https://x.com/fabric_ethereum) introduces a mechanism to enable synchronous composability between Ethereum L1 and existing rollups with same-slot message passing.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/fabric_ethereum/status/1923176026642743365) by [Fabric](https://x.com/fabric_ethereum)

- [Native Rollups: Where they are, and where they are going](https://medium.com/l2beat/native-rollups-where-they-are-and-where-they-are-going-cb21eb103d46) by [Conor McMenamin](https://x.com/ConorMcMenamin9) and[Luca Donno](https://x.com/donnoh_eth) presents a technical overview of native rollups and outlines open challenges that remain to be solved.
  - [Post](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1924465178009100672) by [L2BEAT](https://l2beat.com)
  - [Post](https://x.com/NethermindEth/status/1924465599809560699) by [Nethermind](https://www.nethermind.io/)

- [Block processing performance on Ethereum mainnet](https://hackmd.io/@8AY4P2cSSJaZliiRSkWAgw/r1TT4UUC1e) by [Améziane Hamlat](https://x.com/A_HAMLAT) presents benchmark data on block execution performance across different EL clients.
- [Adventures in ERC4337 frontrunning](https://www.notion.so/ananthvivekanand/Adventures-in-ERC4337-frontrunning-1f0c5df4b3ed80278d83c9d7d87a3784) by [Ananth Vivekanand](https://x.com/_kanarazu_) recounts their journey of building a frontrunning bot targeting mispriced [ERC-4337](https://www.erc4337.io/)-gas refunds on [Polygon](https://polygon.technology/).
  - [Thread](https://x.com/_kanarazu_/status/1923483933519311210) by [Ananth Vivekanand](https://x.com/_kanarazu_)

- [SPIRAL: A BFT-Based Trust Layer for L2 Interoperability](https://ethresear.ch/t/spiral-a-bft-based-trust-layer-for-l2-interoperability/22394) by [malik](https://x.com/malik672_/) details an architecture for synchronous L1-L2 composability, and outlines how it’s different from [Signal-Boost](https://ethresear.ch/t/signal-boost-l1-interop-plugin-for-rollups/22354).
- [Proof in Silicon: How Hardware Is Reinventing Trust in Crypto](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/mev-space-3-tee) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) summarizes a [conversation](https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnGegLqQDvxX) between @shea and [Chua Zheng Leong](https://x.com/melynx?lang=en) on how TEEs are transforming block building, privacy models, and protocol design.
- [The Hunt Expands: New Species, New Tactics Emerging in the Biodiversity Age](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/the-hunt-expands-in-the-age-of-proliferation) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) describes the strategies and evolution of advanced sandwich bots like [jaredfromsubway.eth](https://etherscan.io/address/0xae2Fc483527B8EF99EB5D9B44875F005ba1FaE13).
  - [Thread](https://x.com/EigenPhi/status/1922684588436144501) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/)

- [The Jungle Never Sleeps—2025 Reality Check in the Speed-Wars Era](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/the-jungle-never-sleeps-2025-reality) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) examines the persistence of sandwich attacks and their current state on Ethereum.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/EigenPhi/status/1923050242678849971) by[EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/)

- [MEV Myth #1: Why Your Passive Limit Orders Are Actually Active Targets](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/mev-myth-1-passive-limit-orders) by[EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) details how a searcher arbitraged a price gap between two stale limit orders, using only the user’s own liquidity.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/eigenphi/status/1924496493224063338) by[EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/)

- [MEV Myth #2: Adding Liquidity Is Safe From Sandwich Bots](https://eigenphi.substack.com/p/mev-myth-2-sandwiching-adding-liquidity) by[EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/) details how a user lost $851K by adding liquidity to a Uniswap v2 pool without slippage protection, enabling a sandwich bot to sandwich the transaction.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/EigenPhi/status/1924858156993429735) by [EigenPhi](https://eigenphi.io/)

# Posts & Threads

- @shea published a [post](https://x.com/SheaKetsdever/status/1923019550053810543) highlighting that over $9B in [Aave](https://aave.com/) TVL is now secured by [Flashbots-enabled SVR price feeds](https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-smart-value-recapture-svr/).
  - [Post](https://x.com/chainlink/status/1921958557982818497) by [Chainlink](https://chain.link/)

- @shea published a [post](https://x.com/SheaKetsdever/status/1924818268692295718) summarizing [BuilderNet](https://buildernet.org/) upgrades from the past months that greatly improved speed and efficiency.
- [Sam Battenally](https://x.com/sam_battenally) published a [thread](https://x.com/sam_battenally/status/1923190018111308291) detailing benchmarks of [Flashblocks](https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost) on [Base](https://www.base.org/) Sepolia using [EVM TX Latency Test](https://github.com/SmoothBot/tx-latency-bench).
- [Ladislaus.eth](https://x.com/ladislaus0x) published a [thread](https://x.com/ladislaus0x/status/1923317164460638375) sharing publications and collaborations by [EF Research](http://research.ethereum.foundation/) from the previous week.
- [Potuz](https://x.com/potuz_eth) published a[post](https://ethresear.ch/t/faster-block-blob-propagation-in-ethereum/21370/38) sharing an update on testing a proof of concept implementation in [Prysm](https://www.offchainlabs.com/prysm) of RLNC block propagation with large blocks.

# Talks & Discussions

- [Protocol Research Call 2](https://www.youtube.com/live/EvYRiFRYQ9Q) hosted by [Ansgar Dietrichs](https://twitter.com/adietrichs) invites researchers to discuss approaches focused on the near-term scaling of execution throughput.
  - [Agenda](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/protocol-research-call-2-may-14-2025/24104) by [Barnabé Monnot](https://barnabemonnot.com/) and [Ansgar Dietrichs](https://twitter.com/adietrichs)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1922368467631587636) by [Ansgar Dietrichs](https://twitter.com/adietrichs)
  - [Thread](https://x.com/barnabemonnot/status/1922559812539183252) by [Barnabé Monnot](https://barnabemonnot.com/)
  - [Notes](https://docs.fileverse.io/0x3E1fE69A3EF5961CcA8BEb5a14dfDD237095466D/77#key=bx-PbMN47_vOvmiI0uBJ6UQb0J8EH9g-aXYLB0cxB3ybjhXviN3KQsslGxok0OdH) by[Laszlo](https://x.com/laszlo000)

- [FOCIL breakout #11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0clvpSfi09g) hosted by [Thomas Thiery](https://twitter.com/soispoke) invites [Michael Moser](https://x.com/mostlyblocks) to present the goals and architecture of [Relay Inclusion Lists](https://ethresear.ch/t/relay-inclusion-lists/22218).
  - [Agenda](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1551) by [Thomas Thiery](https://twitter.com/soispoke)
  - [Post](https://x.com/mostlyblocks/status/1924842944676163934) by [Michael Moser  
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- [beam call #6 (3SF: 3-slot finality)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eft4K0lGdBo) hosted by [Justin Drake](https://twitter.com/drakefjustin) invites researchers to present and discuss updates related to [3-Slot-Finality](https://ethresear.ch/t/3-slot-finality-ssf-is-not-about-single-slot/20927).

# Other

- [BuilderNet v1.4](https://buildernet.org/blog/2025/05/13/buildernet-v1.4) by [Flashbots](https://www.flashbots.net/) details the latest release of [BuilderNet](https://buildernet.org/) with Pectra readiness, persistent TLS certificates, and more.
- [We’re making Base 10x faster with Flashblocks](https://blog.base.dev/accelerating-base-with-flashblocks) by [Base](https://www.base.org/) details how apps, wallets, and indexers can integrate [Flashblocks](https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost), improving confirmation times by 10x by streaming sub-blocks every 200ms.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1923058518896132214) by [Build on Base](https://x.com/buildonbase)

- [Announcing the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/05/14/trillion-dollar-security) by [Ethereum Foundation](http://ethereum.org) announces an ecosystem-wide effort to enhance Ethereum’s security to support civilization-scale infrastructure that securely underpins the internet and global economy.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1922632702097801229) by [Ethereum Foundation](http://ethereum.org/)

- [Crypto Wallets 2025 Data-Driven Insights & Trends](https://dune.com/crypto-wallets) by [Dune](http://dune.com/) explores the wallet landscape and highlights trends in adoption, user behaviour, account abstraction, and more.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/Dune/status/1922279416316756106) by[Dune](http://dune.com/)

- [Pectra Pages](https://stateful.mirror.xyz/XY5jpORV36JXS-qhSzIgGj_S8b5Yoh2rJKmhAvMJOTc) by [trent.eth](https://x.com/trent_vanepps) and[nixo.eth](https://x.com/nixorokish) is a compilation of perspectives from client developers, researchers, and coordinators from 18 different teams, looking back on the Pectra upgrade process, and what’s next.
  - [Thread](https://x.com/trent_vanepps/status/1923009753199833396) by [trent.eth](https://x.com/trent_vanepps)

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