Playing Timing Games in Block Production and MEV Profit

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The hosts discuss the concept of proposing blocks in Ethereum and how delaying the proposal can result in capturing more Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) from incoming transactions. They explore the implications of this behavior and its connection to Ethereum research, along with the role of greed in the crypto community and the need for repair at the mechanism level.

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0:00 Intro

3:50 Markets https://twitter.com/camillionaire_m/status/1729850195012456518 https://x.com/saylor/status/1730222828270612851 https://x.com/WClementeIII/status/1730250345291375043 https://twitter.com/jseyff/status/1728087271084028346 https://twitter.com/datarade/status/1729416261149340002

18:32 Jito Launching Governance Token JTO https://twitter.com/jito_sol/status/1729172532971065626 https://www.bankless.com/airdrop-hunter

21:00 Cosmos enters its “Blocksize Wars” era https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130 https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130/photo/3 https://twitter.com/lurkaroundfind/status/1728805585313767528

29:29 What does Paradigm think about Blast? https://dune.com/alec/blast-the-new-eth-l2 https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1728817674543862023

39:03 Ethereum blockchain Shenanigans https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1728680630773575956 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.09032.pdf

45:11 KyberSwap Dex aggregator hacked for $54.7M https://twitter.com/KyberNetwork/status/1728115858889929021 https://x.com/TheDEFIac/status/1730196414154608785?s=20

48:40 Move-based L2 arrives on the scene https://twitter.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1727385496953958571?s=20 Sei Network gets an upgrade https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog/status/1729865516175798536

50:47 NFTs https://twitter.com/coolcats/status/1729281454792929561

51:35 Regulation https://www.theblock.co/post/264702/the-sec-is-having-trouble-serving-hex-founder-richard-heart-with-its-lawsuit https://blockworks.co/news/binance-changpeng-zhao-us

53:39 Meme of The Week https://twitter.com/yugacohler/status/1728892556304625708

54:44 Closing & Disclosures

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