ETHKL April 2021: Shedding Light on the Ethereum Dark Forest

Sat, Oct 2, 2021, 12:00 AM

Alejo, Director of Research at Flashbots, walks us through what MEV is and why its extraction can be bad for the ecosystem. --- Timestamps: 00:00 Announcements & Monthly Roundup 05:02 Flashbots: Mitigating the Cost of MEV Extraction 53:14 Fireside Chat on MEV & Flashbots --- Guest: Alejo Salles is a researcher helping Flashbots achieve its mission of reducing the negative externalities of MEV extraction. He was formerly leading research at OpenZeppelin, and a research scientist in academia before that. Flashbots is a research and development organization working on mitigating the negative externalities of current MEV extraction techniques and avoiding the existential risks MEV could cause to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum. Their primary focus is to enable a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction. --- Target audience: Anyone looking to learn more about MEV and the Ethereum Dark Forest!