Can we get Ethereum without tradeoffs? Probably not but we’re gonna try. This week we’re joined by MEV searcher and developer 0xprincess to discuss “trustless order flow operations layers,” or how 1-second block times with no protocol changes or L2s can happen today. Later on we get into Wintermute, Flashbots and chain order flow.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:47 Who is 0xPrincess?

03:52 How does T.O.O.L. work?

05:30 Designing TOOL

07:41 Trusted execution environments

11:05 We'll decentralize it soon(TM)

15:50 Network participants

18:24 Validator load

21:02 TOOL reduces ETH block times

26:23 TOOL v pre-confirmation

28:55 Wintermute & Flashbots

34:54 Bye bye builder?

38:25 Off chain order flow

41:46 Private order flow, obvious in hindsight?

45:45 Can't get rid of monopolies?

50:01 ETH protocol development

55:08 L2s

58:58 MAKE THE L1 GREAT AGAIN!

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