ChainCatcher news, Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots researcher Shea Ketsdever posted on social media that Flashbots will no longer operate a centralized block builder on Ethereum.Flashbots has migrated its builder, order flow, and refunds to the decentralized Ethereum block building network BuilderNet.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain research and infrastructure provider Flashbots has launched BuilderNet to address the centralization issues in the Ethereum block building process, aiming to distribute control of the process more evenly among different operators.Flashbots hopes to adopt a collaborative block building approach that claims to encourage multiple operators to work together to securely share and process order flow. The initiative is named BuilderNet, with initial partners including Flashbots, block builder Beaverbuild, and Ethereum client provider Nethermind. The strategy of BuilderNet is to adopt a multi-operator system that allows parties to manage the same block builder.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Uniswap Labs has announced the launch of Unichain. Uniswap Labs stated that after years of building and expanding DeFi products, they have identified areas for improvement in DeFi and the conditions necessary to continue advancing the Ethereum scaling roadmap. Unichain aims to be a fast, decentralized Optimism superchain L2, serving as a chain for cross-chain DeFi and liquidity.Unichain will integrate Flashbot's Rollup Boost solution, achieving a block time of 1 second. The Unichain testnet is live today, with the mainnet set to launch later this year. The Uniswap Foundation will provide funding and project support to assist developers in building on Unichain.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Flashbots co-founder Stephane Gosselin has collaborated with research firm Kolibrio to launch a Telegram bot named Alfred for executing token swaps on Ethereum, aimed at facilitating users in performing token exchanges and preventing transactions that generate maximum extractable value (MEV) profits from reordering.The Frontier team stated that Alfred currently has no tokens, and the current focus is on product development. It is considering various revenue models, which may include charging service fees for transactions conducted through the bot. Stephane Gosselin resigned from Flashbots last year and now serves as the CEO of Frontier Research.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, due to frequent on-chain MEV attack incidents, the OKX Web3 wallet now supports Flashbot to protect users from MEV attacks. Users can click "More" in the ETH chain SWAP transaction of the OKX Web3 wallet and enable MEV protection, which can effectively prevent MEV attacks. The OKX Web3 wallet sends transactions to trusted third-party nodes (such as Flashbots private pool) instead of the conventional transaction pool to ensure that the transaction order is not altered. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, reported by The Block, states that Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots has completed a $60 million Series B funding round at a valuation of $1 billion.It is reported that the funds will be used to develop the Suave platform, which supports providing optimal execution for users' trades at the lowest possible cost according to their preferences. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots researcher Shea Ketsdever stated on social media that Flashbots has open-sourced its MEV-Share node.It is reported that the MEV-Share protocol will distribute a portion of the funds earned through Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) to Ethereum users, not just validators and block builders. Flashbots' product lead Robert Miller stated that by introducing a new entity called a "matchmaker," MEV-Share can match transaction bundles from seekers with user transactions, allowing seekers to further optimize their MEV capture efforts. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots researcher and Founding Steward Alex Obadia has decided to leave. Alex Obadia stated that there are many reasons for leaving Flashbots, mostly personal. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots has launched the beta version of the MEV-Share protocol, aimed at distributing a portion of the maximum extractable value (MEV) profits to Ethereum users. The MEV-Share protocol is included in Flashbots Protect, a remote procedure call (RPC) tool that can be integrated with user wallets, designed to defend against bots attempting to profit by front-running user transactions.Flashbots claims that MEV-Share allows users to adjust privacy settings and manage order flow sharing, which can prevent front-running while selectively sharing transaction information with seekers operating MEV bots. As a result, users are eligible for "MEV redistribution rewards" while maintaining a basic level of privacy. (source link)