Development updates

MEV-boost

• We've made several updates to boost.flashbots.net
• Congratulations to Figment, Lido, Rocketpool, and Staked for receiving ✅ on Goerli!
• Various PRs shipped this week on mev-boost:
• Ignoring bids with zero value #261
• portable builds local and for Docker #258
• Parse slot/gas as uint64 in test code to prevent downcasting #252
• Readme updates
• New release coming early next week with all of the recent improvements
• Add validator relay selection from configuration file #186 - WIP, should land soon
• PRs shipped on the relay:
• Decoupling of block submission from API, and using database as fallback for getPayloadrequests #85
• Big database cleanup & refactor #81
• Support for boost-relay to connect with multiple beacon nodes #73
• Landed a block on Sepolia with builder transaction payment to proposer!
• Official implementation of relay monitor has begun! 🚀!

Validator Registrations on Goerli/Prater Update

• https://builder-relay-goerli.flashbots.net
• https://builder-relay-kiln.flashbots.net
• https://builder-relay-ropsten.flashbots.net
• https://builder-relay-sepolia.flashbots.net
• A full list of Flashbots with their public keys is available at boost.flashbots.net

Relay Monitor:

• Alex Stokes’ Relay Monitor Design Doc for the implementation!

builder-specs

• Ongoing discussions in #41: dd Proposer config file specification
• Initial proposal for builder proposer payment is live. Still requesting feedback on the Identifier for builder to proposer transaction #220 issue. For now proceeding with payments from builder to proposer in a transaction at the end of the block.

Various Updates

• bloXroute Testnet MEV Relay Validator Instructions for Goerli
• bloXroute announces MEV Relay on Ropsten
• Great discussions around adding builder-specs, relay-specs, mev-boost, mev-boost-relay, and general PBS protocol implementation to the Ethereum Bug Bounty program https://ethereum.org/en/bug-bounty/ w/ EF folks.

Testing and implementation

• Troubleshooting Guide Live on Github
• MEV-Boost enabling for Teku now part of the official documentation
• Initial documentation re-write is complete! We’ve begun pushing changes to our repository, and soon, our website!

Consensus-layer client implementation status

Content and education

• 🎉 Successful MEV-boost testing through Goerli Shadow Fork 6 merge!
• ⚡ Understanding liveness risks from mev-boost
• ⚡Overhaul of our documentation and updates to docs.flashbots.net coming soon!
• EthStaker Validator Workshop #4 with Leo from Flashbots
• Stephane & BloXroute on the Unchained Podcast
• Open sourcing the Flashbots Relay

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