Flashbots Relay protocol

mev-boost-relay · PageRank 0.0067

DI Take

Flashbots is the most influential research-and-infrastructure org in Ethereum that almost nobody outside MEV thinks about. MEV-Boost runs ~90% of Ethereum block production by relay share. SUAVE (Single Unified Auction for Value Expression) is the team's bet on a decoupled block-building chain — a moonshot that, if it works, becomes the canonical execution layer for cross-chain MEV. The team's positioning between researcher, infrastructure provider, and ecosystem-shaping force is unusual.

Relations

Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).

Relation	Connected entity	Confidence
`relays_for`	Ethereum	95%
`parent_of`	Flashbots	95%
`submits_to`	Beaverbuild	85%
`submits_to`	Titan Builder	85%
`submits_to`	BuilderNet	85%
`submits_to`	Rsync Builder	70%
`submits_to`	Builder0x69	70%
`submits_to`	Penguin Build	60%
`deployed_on`	Ethereum	85%

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Frequently asked questions

What is MEV-Boost?

Middleware from Flashbots that lets Ethereum validators outsource block construction to a competitive market of builders via relays, implementing proposer-builder separation outside the protocol.

What is Flashbots Protect?

An RPC endpoint that routes user transactions privately to builders so they are less exposed to frontrunning and sandwich attacks in the public mempool.

What is SUAVE?

A Flashbots research initiative for a decentralised, chain-agnostic platform for transaction sequencing and auctioning of ordering rights.