Q 🟡

Produce and occasionally fix some bugs at @hoprnet

[ethresearchbot @ethresearchbot]

w post on https://t.co/j5UaKGaEf3!

Transport privacy exploration of the Validator-Relayer Builder API

By:
- QYu

🔗 https://t.co/RAU53Njg5q

Highlights:
- The research highlights significant privacy risks in the Ethereum network's Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) environment, where metadata leaks can lead to targeted network attacks.
- The 'Metaclear' experiment demonstrates how transport-level privacy leaks can de-anonymize validators, making them vulnerable to network attacks that disrupt block production.
- The study suggests that solo stakers are particularly vulnerable to these attacks due to their limited resources for protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
- The research advocates for integrating network-level metadata privacy protocols into the design of Ethereum's PBS to protect against these vulnerabilities.
- The findings suggest that decentralizing relays might increase the likelihood of attacks, as more parties would have access to sensitive metadata, making it harder to identify attackers.

ELI5:
This research explores how the communication between different parts of the Ethereum network can leak information that could be used to attack the network. By analyzing the data that is sent between validators and relays, the researchers show how attackers could identify and target specific validators to disrupt their operations. This could lead to unfair advantages in the network and potentially harm its security.

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@gakonst 1. Building a multithreaded indexer with min
RPC calls that also handles unordered block number from different RPC, from scratch
2. Fast-sync indexed events from another synced node.

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

Achievement of the day: Formatted a report of 8000+ word and 40+ references in markdown.

Is there a smarter way to post long content on https://t.co/S5t9KINA92?

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@cryptobuilder_ Can't go wrong with Bali 💛

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

Count me in

[Lisa Akselrod @cryptobuilder_]

Guys, a pop up city with strong program on privacy. We deserve it.

*my 2025 dream

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@parithosh_j 🎩 to the amazing 🐼 heroes! 💛

[🤖 @phildaian]

mev at every layer of the stack
mev at every layer of the stack
mev at every layer of the stack
mev at every layer of the stack

[lizhophardt.eth @lizhophardt]

Our @QYuQianchen explaining why privacy matters on the p2p layer and providing an overview of the attacks solo stakers would face in PBS + a demonstration of some of these in a sandbox environment

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

Join us tomorrow at 1:30 pm at @EFDevcon SEA (blue discussion corner) to discover why metadata leaks in Ethereum's consensus layer are a threat to validators, especially solo stakers

Join us for early insights from @QYuQianchen's soon to be published research report!

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

Here are 3 attacks, on: mev-boost, CL, validator nodes

Join @QYuQianchen tomorrow 10:05am on Stage 4 at @EFDevcon to find out which is which and how privacy implications in the MEV ecosystem enable them!

Livestream:
https://t.co/qrd2KRvVfi

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

Reality check on the root of Ethereum. Cypherpunk got lost in the desert.

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

My most spicy talk to date is coming up in 45min at @EFDevcon - 5:20pm Stage 4
https://t.co/fCpZF3s2RN

Cypherpunk, not hyper-financialism!

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

Let's revisit the core value of DAO @LefterisJP

[lizhophardt.eth @lizhophardt]

If you're down to hack systems, not each other then come join us at the hacktivism hub @EFDevcon where radical ideas and technology meet for the freedom, privacy, and empowerment of individuals.

https://t.co/Q4mMT1HBIQ

@web3privacy @ethswarm @hoprnet

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

🗓️ November 15th 🗓️

Our @QYuQianchen will give a Lightning Talk at DevCon:

🗣️ Solo Staking in the Dark Forest: A Survival Guide
🕰 10:05 - 10:15 AM
📍 STAGE 4 (Leafs) https://t.co/LnLgnjjKJX

[HOPR 🟡 @hoprnet]

🗓️ November 14th 🗓️

Our @QYuQianchen will be part of the Women in web3 Community Hub Panel at DevCon:

🗣️ Women in Web3: Emerging Frontiers
🕰 10:30 - 11:00 AM

And our @lizhophardt will be at the Women in web3 Community Hub all afternoon.

📍 Level 1 https://t.co/LnLgnjjKJX

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@nixorokish opened the debate with a clearly outlined statement that dissected the topic "staking" (highly recommend to re-watch her opening!)

If only a similar level of structuredness could be bounced back...

[lizhophardt.eth @lizhophardt]

How NOT to debate:

- Drop cringe lines like 'put balls on the table'—wildly unprofessional & a fast track to losing credibility

- Interrupt and mansplain every chance you get. Not only distracting, but super disrespectful

Shoutout to @nixorokish for keeping her cool! 👏

[Sebastian Bürgel @SCBuergel]

🇹🇭 Feel free to engage on the Gnosis forum or catch me at @EFDevcon in Bangkok where I will talk about cypherpunk alignment and the amazing @QYuQianchen will present our MEV privacy research that's kindly supported by an @ethereum grant
https://t.co/6D4Y6QXFo4

🖖
6/6

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@mrpeiloulou @chungpn @lizhophardt @EFDevcon That's news to me 😂 AFAIK I'm still with HOPR

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

Excited to talk about "Solo Staking in the Dark Forest: A Survival Guide" in the Core Protocol track at @EFdevcon. Catch me in Bangkok!

https://t.co/BZJAjjxcs7

𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 1+ 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 5 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴...

[Q 🟡 @QYuQianchen]

@Pol_Lanski Resilience is important to a functioning network. Solo stakers are the dearest to Ethereum