Ethereum's Block Marketplace
On September 15th, the Ethereum Merge went live with a quarter million people observing the transition. Shortly after the success of the Merge, a separate set of infrastructure came online, enabling the MEV relayer networks to start sharing blocks with Ethereum validators. This new block marketplace is now baked into the Ethereum protocol making it more important than ever to provide additional transparency into the Ethereum block supply chain.What are MEV Relayers?Block Creation Pipeline - C...
Ethereum's Block Marketplace
On September 15th, the Ethereum Merge went live with a quarter million people observing the transition. Shortly after the success of the Merge, a separate set of infrastructure came online, enabling the MEV relayer networks to start sharing blocks with Ethereum validators. This new block marketplace is now baked into the Ethereum protocol making it more important than ever to provide additional transparency into the Ethereum block supply chain.What are MEV Relayers?Block Creation Pipeline - C...
Sanctioning a Tornado
The implications of the smart contract sanctioning by OFAC and how the community is responding.This article covers the sanctioning of the Tornado Cash contract, some of the biggest risks to the Ethereum network, and the community’s response. Although important, the article does not cover why we need privacy as that’s already covered in many other places.What happened?The Office of Foreign asset controls (OFAC) is a branch of the US Treasury focused on applying financial pressure to “threats t...
Sanctioning a Tornado
The implications of the smart contract sanctioning by OFAC and how the community is responding.This article covers the sanctioning of the Tornado Cash contract, some of the biggest risks to the Ethereum network, and the community’s response. Although important, the article does not cover why we need privacy as that’s already covered in many other places.What happened?The Office of Foreign asset controls (OFAC) is a branch of the US Treasury focused on applying financial pressure to “threats t...
