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2026

zkevm bandwidth

A native zkEVM scales bandwidth, not just execution


capacity oracles

Capacity oracles


application-controlled execution

Application-controlled execution: A case study on cancel prioritization


2025

decouple payload and da

Decouple ExecutionPayload validity from Data Availability


overnight repos

Overnight reverse repurchases and the Feds' balance sheet


prover market

On Ethereum Prover Market Design


blob mempool

On the future of the blob mempool


anonymous participation

On incentivizing anonymous participation


blob gossip

Blob gossip and validation before and after PeerDAS


eip-7922

EIP-7922: Dynamic exit queue rate limit

by Mikhail Kalinin (@mkalinin), Mike Neuder (@michaelneuder), Mallesh Pai (@Mmp610)
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7922

exit queue flexibility

Adding flexibility to Ethereum's exit queue


validator exits

ELI5: Ethereum Validator Exits


2024

ethesis

My (e)thesis: settlement, data availability, execution — in that order.


mechan-stein

Mechan-stein


block-space distribution

On block-space distribution mechanisms


issuance tertiary

Issuance Issues – Tertiary Treatise


issuance subsequent

Issuance Issues – Subsequent Soliloquy


issuance initial

Issuance Issues – Initial Issue


ilectra

The Case for ILECTRA


il poc spec

Inclusion Lists PoC Specification


risks of lrts

The risks of LRTs


concurrent proposers

Concurrent Block Proposers in Ethereum


rollup-centric roadmap

Rollup-Centric Roadmap (2024 version) (mike+stokes version) (From The Vault)


consider the epbs

Consider the ePBS


il spec overview

Inclusion lists: execution, consensus, & engine spec overview


unconditional il

Unconditional inclusion lists


validator consolidation

Validator consolidation in EIP-7251


2023

execution tickets

Execution tickets


timing games

The persistence of timing games


mev-burn

Dr. changestuff or: how i learned to stop worrying and love mev-burn


on 0x3d84

On 0x3d84a438af72f6396785eea97b32f903520e36c8


coteries

A set-theoretic view of Ethereum coteries


lido attack vectors

Magnitude and direction of Lido attack vectors


cr in mev-boost

Resistance is ~not futile; CR in mev-boost~


eip-7547

EIP-7547: Inclusion lists

by mike (@michaelneuder), Vitalik (@vbuterin), Francesco (@fradamt), Terence (@terencechain), potuz (@potuz), Manav (@manav2401)
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7547

solo staking rig

solo-staking rig


infinite buffet

ePBS – the infinite buffet


two-tiered staking

Can we find Goldilocks? Musings on “two-tiered” staking, a native Liquid Staking Token design.


slashing 7251

Slashing penalty analysis; EIP-7251


no free lunch

No free lunch – a new inclusion list design


relays post-epbs

Relays in a post-ePBS world

by Mike, Jon, Hasu, Tomasz, Chris, and Toni
https://ethresear.ch/t/relays-in-a-post-epbs-world/16278

faq 7251

FAQ on EIP-7251; Increasing the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE

by Mike, Francesco, Dapplion, and Mikhail
https://notes.ethereum.org/@mikeneuder/eip-7251-faq

ptc

Payload-timeliness committee (PTC) – an ePBS design

by Mike Neuder and Francesco D'Amato based on discussions with Potuz and Terence Tsao
https://ethresear.ch/t/payload-timeliness-committee-ptc-an-epbs-design/16054

eip-7251

EIP-7251: Increase the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE

by mike (@michaelneuder), Francesco (@fradamt), dapplion (@dapplion), Mikhail (@mkalinin), Aditya (@adiasg), Justin (@justindrake), lightclient (@lightclient), Felix Lange (@fjl)
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7251

modest proposal

Increase the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE – a modest proposal

by Mike Neuder, Francesco D'Amato, Aditya Asgaonkar, and Justin Drake
https://ethresear.ch/t/increase-the-max-effective-balance-a-modest-proposal/15801

why enshrine pbs

Why enshrine Proposer-Builder Separation? A viable path to ePBS


bid cancellations

Bid cancellations considered harmful


ordering of events

Time, slots, and the ordering of events in Ethereum Proof-of-Stake

by Georgios Konstantopoulos and Mike Neuder
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2023/04/mev-boost-ethereum-consensus

optimistic relays

Optimistic relays and where to find them


equivocation attacks

Equivocation attacks in mev-boost and ePBS


optimistic weekend

An optimistic weekend


towards epbs

Towards enshrined PBS — an optimistic roadmap


optimistic relay proposal

Optimistic Relay Proposal


2020

strumpack

Implementing Mixed-Precision Iterative Refinement in STRUMPACK

by Michael Neuder
strumpack.pdf