3 posts tagged with "decentralization"

“Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was created to set people free...”

"Gateways become platforms. Platforms become landlords. Landlords decide who may enter and what they may do." - The Trustless Manifesto

What is going on in the MEV and orderflow market today and how does it relate to achieving the mission of Ethereum and to all blockchains? Do MEV systems... builders, relays, orderflow routers, simply comprise nothing beyond gateways, platforms, and intermediaries? Is the time ripe for the centralization and stagnation of crypto, or are the lessons we have learned from years of building decentralized blockchains finally ready for the mainstream? What is the value of the “free and open internet” of money, and how can we make sure that decentralization fuels rather than fights user outcomes, best execution, scaling, and privacy guarantees? And finally, what is Flashbots doing about all of this?

Block building must be made decentralized, uncensorable, and neutral. To accelerate decentralization in block building, Flashbots has deprecated our centralized block builders and migrated our orderflow and refunds to BuilderNet.

BuilderNet will make Ethereum more resilient by introducing a neutral way for many parties to share orderflow and collaborate in building blocks. It will also create better user experiences by providing a fair and equal platform to trade, and using verifiable ordering rules and improved privacy techniques to keep users safe.

As of December 5 2024, Flashbots no longer operates centralized block builders on Ethereum. A few instances will remain as backups to ensure continuity of service in extraordinary situations during the BuilderNet alpha period.

We invite the community to join us in developing BuilderNet, and to accelerate decentralization and neutrality in block building.

We’ve developed a platform for performance, programmability, and decentralization extensions for Rollups. It is powering the upcoming Unichain.

Today, we are announcing Rollup-Boost, a verifiable block building platform for rollups, enabled by Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) technology. Rollup-Boost was co-designed with Uniswap Labs and OP Labs, and its first deployment powers the upcoming Unichain, enabling fast confirmation times, strong user guarantees, and MEV internalization for the next generation of Defi apps.