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Flashbots Research Problem Database
Type
Name
Tags
Owner
Contributors
Link
Date Published
Completed Project
Cross-Chain Arbitrage
Incentives
Cross-chain
Completed Project
Proposing Rights Allocation “SoK”
Incentives
pbs
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/isolating-attesters-from-mev/3837
Completed Project
When to sell your blocks
Incentives
pbs
latency
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/when-to-sell-your-blocks/2814
Early Ideas
Efficiency and Market Concentration
Incentives
Request for Community Research
Documenting Repeated Game MEV Bidding Dynamics in Sealed Bid Auction
Incentives
pbs
Early Ideas
Reputation system for ePBS
Incentives
Problem Space
Defining geographic decentralisation
Incentives
Geographic Decentralisation
Research in Progress
Geographic Decentralization Simulation
Incentives
Geographic Decentralisation
latency
Problem Space
Anonymous Communication Channels
cryptography
TEE
Problem Space
Trusted Hardware and Software Cryptography
cryptography
TEE
Research in Progress
Removing Relays in the Block Building Pipeline
cryptography
Problem Space
Encrypted Mempools
cryptography
Research in Progress
xMEV auctions
Incentives
pbs
Completed Project
The Role of Relays in Reorgs
Incentives
consensus
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-role-of-relays-in-reorgs/4247
Dec 20, 2024
Completed Project
The Block Auction Arms Race
latency
pbs
Geographic Decentralisation
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/the-block-auction-infrastructure-race/4734
Mar 3, 2025
Completed Project
Understanding Minimum Blob Base Fees
consensus
https://ethresear.ch/t/understanding-minimum-blob-base-fees/20489
Sep 25, 2024
Research in Progress
The Geography of Block Builders
pbs
latency
Geographic Decentralisation
Research in Progress
The State of Sandwich Attacks
pbs
Research in Progress
Encrypted backruns
cryptography
https://fc25.ifca.ai/preproceedings/238.pdf
Early Ideas
Why are blocks built locally?
pbs
Incentives
Research in Progress
Understanding Transaction Inclusion Times
pbs
consensus
Request for Community Research
Bitcoin L2 MEV Leakage
Incentives
Early Ideas
Market Maker Advantage in Slot Auctions
Incentives
Geographic Decentralisation
latency
Research in Progress
Arbitrage with bounded liquidity
Incentives
Problem Space
Mechanism Design with Sybils
Incentives
Request for Community Research
Attestation of Host Networking Stack for TEEs
TEE
privacy
latency
Early Ideas
Analyze Arbitrage in Sienna/SCRT
Incentives
privacy
Research in Progress
Fugitive nodes
redistribution
latency
Geographic Decentralisation
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/fugitive-nodes/4773
Jun 19, 2025
Research in Progress
Counter mapping
redistribution
https://link.excalidraw.com/l/7Qr2ek3pfMQ/91UiAs0EApG
Jun 19, 2025
Research in Progress
Price of Anarchy with Sybils
Incentives
Research in Progress
VCG and Sybils
Incentives
Early Ideas
Decentralization of Single-item auctions
Incentives
pbs
Problem Space
Explore alternative TEE designs
TEE
Research in Progress
Cloud Runtime Assurance & TEE Attestations
cryptography
TEE
Geographic Decentralisation
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.14964
Jun 17, 2025
Research in Progress
RISC-Vi explorations
redistribution
https://collective.flashbots.net/t/risc-v/4793
Jun 19, 2025
Problem Space
How should proposing rights be allocated?
Incentives
Problem Space
Execution Quality
Incentives
latency
Geographic Decentralisation
Problem Space
xMEV
Incentives
Request for Community Research
Threshold ECDSA with FHE
cryptography
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