Development updates

mev-boost

• Final report of the first code audit published
• mev-boost is now generally feature complete and fully tested. Only minor incremental improvements are expected from here on.
• Releases of mev-boost v0.7.5, v0.7.6 and v0.7.7
• Addressing the remaining low-priority issues from the code audit
• Minor quality-of-life improvements
• Installation now possible with: go install github.com/flashbots/mev-boost@latest

Boost Relays

• https://builder-relay-kiln.flashbots.net
• https://builder-relay-ropsten.flashbots.net
• https://builder-relay-sepolia.flashbots.net

• bloXroute announces MEV Relay on Ropsten

• Minor updates on the draft version, in particular around the Data API. Any more comments?
• Data API to get recently delivered payloads will be deployed next week.

builder-specs

• PR: Add Proposer config file specification #41
• PR merged: Merge transition delay #38

Various Updates

• The MEV-Boost landing page is live!
• Nethermind released the sedge tool which can quickly spin up various CL+EL combinations with mev-boost
• Ongoing discussions:
• Censorship Resistance: crlists in mev-boost #215
• Safeguards and mitigations to preserve liveness #222
• mev-boost circuit breaker proposal
• Relay monitoring & preventing continued relay errors #142
• Relay spam protection: require a small deposit to submit blocks as a builder #219
• Consensus-layer call 92: discussions around circuit-breaker and relay monitor

Testing and implementation

• Goerli Shadow Fork 6 happening next week.
• Goerli fork happening early August, projected August 6-12, 2022
• Updated MEV Boost\Builder API instructions from Teku are live
• Lodestar merged mev-boost into unstable
• Confirmed successful first testnet interactions with Lodestar and Nimbus.

Consensus-layer client implementation status

Content and education

• Actions to take for Mev-boost Readiness ahead of the Merge announcement is live!
• If you would like to join the mev-boost testing group, please complete the node operator testnet setup and notify Kailin (Telegram/Discord: @imkailin) for support.

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