The tension between MEV and Censorship Resistance Gadgets by Julian Ma | Devcon SEA
Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Although fairly unrelated at first glance, MEV is currently *the* bottleneck for a censorship-resistant Ethereum. This talk will first explore why MEV and censorship resistance are fundamentally counterforces. Then, we will dive into how MEV constrains the design space of censorship-resistant gadgets like Inclusion Lists and Concurrent Block Producers. What does the future of censorship resistance look like for Ethereum? Speaker(s): Julian Ma Skill level: Expert Track: Cryptoeconomics Keywords: Ethereum Roadmap, Censorship Resistance, Design, MEV, protocol Follow us: https://twitter.com/efdevcon, https://twitter.com/ethereum, https://warpcast.com/devcon Learn more about devcon: https://www.devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Visit the https://archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on Swarm, IPFS and more. Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon SEA was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation. To find out more, please visit https://ethereum.foundation/
Speakers
Julian is a research scientist at the Robust Incentives Group at the Ethereum Foundation. His work focuses on the intersection between the application layer and the protocol layer. Using tools from finance and economics, he aims to improve the Ethereum protocol. He has worked on base fee derivatives, PBS, and MEV and now focuses on censorship resistance gadgets like inclusion lists.