Zero Knowledge MEV, Mechanism Design & the Censorship Problem with Mallesh M Pai
Sep 6, 2023
Associate Professor of Economics at Rice University, Mallesh M Pai, discusses mechanism design in an economic context, focusing on censorship in MEV systems. They explore the impact of proposer builder separation on efficiency and censorship resistance. The conversation also touches on the connection between censorship and MEV, MEV blocking techniques, the role of finance in cryptocurrency, and using mechanism design to address censorship in blockchain systems.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Mechanism Design and Crypto
02:51 • 8min
Exploring the Connection Between Censorship and MEV in Market Design
10:48 • 5min
Exploring MEV Blocking Techniques and the Limitations of Threshold Encryption
15:43 • 2min
Diversity in Cryptography and the Role of Finance in Cryptocurrency
17:15 • 5min
MEV and Equilibria Balancing
22:44 • 23min
Using Mechanism Design to Address Censorship
45:58 • 18min