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6 Jan 2023
This sums up crypto extremely well
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
New bounty on @poidhxyz!
Support Encrypting the Mempool and earn some cash! We can stop toxic MEV and real-time censorship on Ethereum
Thanks @bbroad25 for starting the bounty and @poidhxyz for boosting!
we've boosted this bounty with another $25 from our @farcaster_xyz CEF activation grant ⚡️
what's good for Ethereum is good for Farcaster 🤝
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
we've boosted this bounty with another $25 from our @farcaster_xyz CEF activation grant ⚡️
what's good for Ethereum is good for Farcaster 🤝
New @poidhxyz bounty is up
Support encrypting the mempool and earn some cash!
farcaster.xyz/bbroad/0xa9726…
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New @poidhxyz bounty is up
Support encrypting the mempool and earn some cash!
farcaster.xyz/bbroad/0xa9726…
Jun 11
Encrypt the mempool!
It's time to protect Ethereum users from toxic MEV and real-time censorship.
Help bring encrypted mempools to Ethereum by joining the coalition:
encryptedmempool.org/
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 12
I want YOU 🫵
to co-host Octant Livestreams with me
During Epoch 12, I'll be hosting livestreams with some of the coolest teams in Ethereum and open-source, to chat with them about what they're building.
If you're interested in co-hosting with me, DM me!
We have hundreds of people watch our livestreams, so it's a great opportunity to build your personal brand while meeting some of the best founders in our industry. Plus, we always have deep but fun convos :)
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
CoW swap is amazing!
But wouldn’t it be extra amazing if ALL Ethereum users were protected from toxic MEV and real-time censorship?
That’s why we still need an encrypted public mempool.
#CoWGlossary: MEV bots 🤖
MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots lurk in the mempool waiting to profit off your transactions - by rearranging, including, or excluding them at just the right moment.
Some are harmless. Others are quietly making your trades worse.
CoW Swap users don't have to think about this. 😉
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
We're proud to join the new Encrypt the Mempool Coalition!
Mempools should be encrypted in Ethereum, to stop toxic MEV & real-time censorship in a decentralized & credibly neutral way.
encryptedmempool.org/
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
Encrypt the Mempool. encryptedmempool.org
Jun 11
Normies, degens, institutions — nobody should have their transactions front-run or censored. The Encrypt the Mempool Coalition is pushing to make that a reality via an EIP in Ethereum’s I* Hardfork. Credibly neutral Ethereum is worth fighting for. 📷 | encryptedmempool.org/
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the mempool shouldn't be a hunting ground. encrypt it. 🔐🦁
Jun 11
Normies, degens, institutions — nobody should have their transactions front-run or censored. The Encrypt the Mempool Coalition is pushing to make that a reality via an EIP in Ethereum’s I* Hardfork. Credibly neutral Ethereum is worth fighting for. 📷 | encryptedmempool.org/
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
Encrypt the Mempool. encryptedmempool.org
Jun 11
Normies, degens, institutions — nobody should have their transactions front-run or censored. The Encrypt the Mempool Coalition is pushing to make that a reality via an EIP in Ethereum’s I* Hardfork. Credibly neutral Ethereum is worth fighting for. 📷 | encryptedmempool.org/
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
We're proud to join the new Encrypt the Mempool Coalition!
Alongside industry leaders, we're pushing to integrate an EIP to encrypt the mempool in Ethereum's I* Hardfork to stop toxic mev & real-time censorship in a decentralized & credibly neutral way.
Join the coalition 👇
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
Normies, degens, institutions — nobody should have their transactions front-run or censored. The Encrypt the Mempool Coalition is pushing to make that a reality via an EIP in Ethereum’s I* Hardfork. Credibly neutral Ethereum is worth fighting for. 📷 | encryptedmempool.org/
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Jun 11
[BREAKING] We're introducing properQF in Epoch 12.
Quadratic funding, in its most proper form, in a funding round.
Run the numbers. Try it now: qf.octant.app
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Final post! You still have a few more hours to get Melee 2 voting power.
Buy SHU on the SHU/USDC Uniswap v2 pool on Ethereum Mainnet (EOD June 10) and hold it (through EOD July 10). Links ⬇️. Then vote on Snapshot on July 14-17.
Only 74K more SHU to reach our goal.
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Anyone who cares about privacy should support an EIP to encrypt the public mempool.
❌ Plaintext transactions show your data to toxic MEV bots, who steal your $$$.
❌ "Private mempools" don't work & promote centralization.
✅ Only an encrypted public mempool can protect us!
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Soooooo close!
Get your Melee 2 voting power.
TODAY (June 10) is the last day.
Jun 10
Last day to get voting power for Melee 2!
Only 125,146 SHU away reaching the 1M minimum
Reminder: The ONLY way to get Melee 2 voting power is to buy SHU on the SHU/USDC Uniswap v2 pool on Ethereum Mainnet (now - June 10) and hold it (through July 10)
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Ben Broad | bbroad.eth🛡️ retweeted
Institutions need an encrypted public mempool
Jun 8
Learnt about the 3 things institutions want to be sure of before coming on Ethereum @ethconf
1. the counterparty they trade with isn't sanctioned
2. they aren't paying a sanctioned entity (such as N korea validating their blocks)
3. they aren't frontrun via mev
There are proposals of separate set of "institutional blocks" that are from attested, US based validators. Apparently adoption of commit boost by validators plays a part in enabling this
I'm still unsure how & whether it affects censorship resistance, if users can start to choose the category of validators they want for their blocks
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