Flashbots person
Overview
Flashbots, a research and development organisation established in 2020, aims to address the negative effects of maximal extractable value (MEV) on Ethereum. Its objectives include increasing transparency around MEV activities, providing open platforms to broaden access, and equitably redistributing remaining value. The organisation offers several products: MEV-Boost, which enables Ethereum validators to participate in a competitive block-building market through proposer-builder separation; Protect RPC, designed to prevent frontrunning for users; SUAVE, an encrypted mempool aware of MEV; Rollup-Boost, which facilitates verifiable block building for rollups; and BuilderNet, a decentralised block-building network that launched in November 2024.
Within The Counterparty graph, Flashbots connects to 9 tracked entities, most strongly to Flashbots, The First L2 TEE Block Builder is Live on Unichain Mainnet, Migrating to BuilderNet.
Relations
Top connections in The Counterparty knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
affiliated_with | Flashbots | 85% |
authored | The First L2 TEE Block Builder is Live on Unichain Mainnet | 85% |
authored | Migrating to BuilderNet | 85% |
authored | Introducing Rollup-Boost - Launching on Unichain | 85% |
authored | Open sourcing rbuilder | 85% |
authored | Network Anonymized Mempools | 85% |
authored | decentralized building: wat do? | 85% |
authored | Fast, Configurable, and Verifiable Sequencing is Coming to Every OP Stack Chain | 85% |
authored | State of Wallets 2024 | 85% |
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Questions on the record
What is MEV-Boost?
MEV-Boost is software developed by Flashbots that enables Ethereum validators to delegate block construction to a competitive marketplace of builders, based on the principle of proposer-builder separation.
When was Flashbots founded?
Flashbots was established in 2020 by a group of researchers and developers focused on mitigating issues related to maximal extractable value on the Ethereum network.
What is BuilderNet?
BuilderNet is a decentralized network for block building, launched in November 2024 and co-operated by Flashbots alongside partner organizations.