On The Brink with Castle Island

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on block building and the economics of MEV (EP.401)

Feb 27, 2023

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Ethereum - Proto PBS, Proposer Builder Separation

01:36

MEV Is a Fact of Life Right Ordered Transaction Systems

04:19

Building a Competitive Block Builder

02:14

Introduction

4min

Block Native

4min

The MEV Pipeline on Ethereum Post Merge

3min

Ethereum - Proto PBS, Proposer Builder Separation

2min

MEV Boost Sidecar - What's New?

5min

Block Builders Subsidize Transactions on Ethereum

2min

Block Building Market

5min

Block Builders Subsidizing Blocks

2min

Building a Competitive Block Builder

2min

10.

Wallet Boost

3min

11.

Payment for Order Flow

5min

12.

Block Building Is Not for the Failing Heart

3min

13.

Building Blocks

4min

14.

Is It Time to Let Market Forces Prevalence Survive?

3min

15.

MEV Boost - What's the Root of MEV?

5min

16.

Block Native

3min

17.

MEV Is a Fact of Life Right Ordered Transaction Systems

4min

18.

SGX MPC Homomorphic Encryption

6min

We host Matt Cutler, CEO and co-founder of Blocknative, in this episode to discuss the intricacies of block building and his thoughts on the future of MEV. We cover:

The phenomenon of certain block builders subsidizing transactions
The requirements for operating a competitive block builder
Margins required for sustainable block building
MEV redistribution and balancing interests of users vs. validators.

You can follow Matt @mcutler on Twitter and learn more about Blocknative here.

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