tf0rs

engineering @figment_io

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

We've released new research on quantifying the impact of compute units (CU) on Solana validator rewards.

Key insights:
1. Raising the per-block CU ceiling from 50M to 100M could add 0.0575 SOL in rewards per block for validators that consistently fill the additional block space.

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

Rated supports Babylon 🤝

With the launch of Babylon Genesis Mainnet, we have also launched our Babylon validator and network rewards endpoints.

With these endpoints, you can see exactly how much a validator is earning, and how it compares to the broader network.

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

NEW: We’ve integrated Timely Vote Credits (TVC) in our @solana validator effectiveness metric.

While we’ve always tracked the latency of validator votes ever since, we have not integrated this in their vote performance until the protocol level change has become official.

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

New blog just dropped: Demystifying Solana's Stake State...

...or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the complexity in @solana's infra data!

@tf0rs_ discusses the challenges of building the Solana dataset and how we overcame them.

Dig in 👇👇👇
https://t.co/8VAUc7XCog

[rplust @robplust]

Now that we just released support for @solana, I'd like to personally thank @laine_sa_ , @WholegrainMax , the folks @jito_labs , and @ShinobiSystems for helping me deepen my understanding on Solana.

They all took time out of their busy schedules (they all run validators!!).

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

3, 2, 1...aaaaand she's live!

We're thrilled to be launching support for @Solana on the Rated Explorer and API.

Roll on in the thread down below for a brief overview of features and functionality you can expect ↓

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

Private Sets have arrived on the Rated API 🌚🔎

You can now build persistent profiles of validator clusters and closely monitor node, region, datacenter deployments and overall improve your benchmarking experience.

More on the changelog entry below👇

https://t.co/SVuYsNBpm3

[Rated 🍬✨ @ratedw3b]

Say hello to the new face of the Network Explorer 🔭✨

This latest update features significant upgrades to the browsing experience, search functionality, and information architecture and much much more.

Learn more about this upgrade on the thread below 👇

[Elias Simos @eliasimos]

We are open sourcing the Ethereum solo stakers mappings we’ve been curating internally.

Especially recently, we’ve seen a wave of interest in incentivizing solo stakers—some of the most competent and mission driven operators in the industry, to participate in new networks and extensions of core Ethereum staking.

But the problem is that these folks are not easy to identify onchain. The list we have curated solves for this.

Based on state of the art ML work and a lot of hardening over the past 7mos by putting it through the ringer with different partners, we are very confident in the degree of signal it carries—especially in filtering out whitelabeled solos.

We think this can be a powerful tool in adding sybil resistance to curated sets, as well as in airdrops that might want to target solo stakers.

Today we are releasing the first version of the list, which covers indices 1 to 500,000. Over time we will be releasing refreshes bringing it closer to the present.

Head on over to the repo below to start working with it. We’re excited to see what folks conjure up with it.

https://t.co/B2EkVous41

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

Recent attack using Cyrillic characters:

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

PSA: Address poisoners are using Cyrillic characters in the symbol() response to evade @etherscan's detection infrastructure. The address poisoning detection on @FortaNetwork is now alerting on and labelling the addresses involved in these attacks.

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

Previous fake token address poisoning attack on Etherscan:

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

The researchers at @FortaNetwork identified this as a priority for detection, and you can now monitor these attacks via their API, or view them in the Forta Explorer:
https://t.co/YImfUP6ap4

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

To follow these address poisoning campaigns in real-time after the excellent investigation by @h3idilao and @iphelix, check out the agent I launched on @FortaNetwork, working with their Threat Research Initiative. It's now live on Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon with over 10k alerts.

[h3idi @h3idilao]

Ever checked your wallet or a block explorer and saw that you mysteriously sent a 0 value of a token to an address? Or received one?

By now, most of us have. But what exactly are these transactions? And are they malicious? A thread 1/7

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

Thanks to @Honest_Protocol for a really interesting bounty. Had an immense amount of fun playing around with @FortaNetwork and @DuneAnalytics. Congrats to all the entrants.

[Honest Protocol @Honest_Protocol]

With the end of our 15,000 USDC Bounty Round 5, which took place during @Gitcoin's Metamorphosis Hackaton, we're excited to announce our winners 🥳.

We received many terrific submissions, and picking 21 out of the 52 was hard.

Details: https://t.co/z4tcR9ZOgd

[tf0rs @tf0rs_]

Did some analysis of Forta's Ice Phishing Detection 2.0 agent (H/T @Honest_Protocol @gitcoin):
https://t.co/RZ0EIvVW7L