We said strategy, innovation & research to push the envelope for risk-adjusted rewards would define the next phase of ETH institutional staking. Now here is the proof.
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Part II of our research on the free option problem in ePBS is out:
it estimates that searchers will exercise the option in 1% blocks on average, but 4-6% on high volatity days.
Read more: collective.flashbots.net/t/the-free-opt…
Marinade is taking action against malicious validators who are undermining Solana’s performance and the fairness of the Stake Auction Marketplace.
A new blacklist update will remove validators intentionally lagging block times for personal benefit, at the expense of the rest of…
ethereum has been online ten years straight with zero pauses and zero maintenance windows.
in that time:
- facebook went down for 14 hours
- aws kinesis froze for 17
- cloudflare dropped 19 datacenters
- alt L1s…well, you know.
every centralised giant blinks, they rely on…
Big news from the @solana ecosystem: Figment has been selected as a BAM Alpha Validator! 🔥
What is the Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM)?
➡️ BAM new frontier in secure, private block building by @jito_labs that offers additional @solana rewards opportunities through Plugin…
Firedancer and Solana's Double-Auction
Firedancer recently presented it's new REV scheduler which improves validator rewards
REV is simple:
-for 85% of the slot (350ms), *only* transactions from Jito bundles are included
- independent user txs can only get in the lat 50ms
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Validator performance isn’t just about uptime, it’s about risk-adjusted rewards, infrastructure discipline, and compliance.
This article from @Web3WalletMan breaks down:
⚙️ Consensus vs. proposal duties
📊 MEV strategy + relay risk
🧠 Why client choice matters
📖 A must-read…
Staking: Chasing 100% uptime with aggressive failovers increases double-signing risk and slashing. The best ops teams accept small downtime losses to avoid catastrophic penalties. #staking#ETHererum #ETH
A MEV bot in a vertically integrated searcher-builder setup might intentionally take a loss on a trade by filling open orders because it can offset that loss with priority fees. In the end, it's the user who pays the price.
#Ethereum#MEV@Figment_io
Some #ethereum node operators pursue 100% uptime using aggressive failover setups. While this may earn just a few extra cents, it significantly increases the risk of double-signing and loss of customer assets. A well-run validator should already achieve ~99% uptime w/o these…
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