## mev-boost 

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### tl,dr 

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* [mev-boost](https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost#installing) is a middleware run by validators to democratize the block-building market with a implementation of [proposer-builder-separation (PBS)](https://ethresear.ch/t/proposer-block-builder-separation-friendly-fee-market-designs/9725) for proof-of-stake Ethereum. 
* pbs was initially proposed by Ethereum researchers as a response to the risk that MEV poses to decentralization of consensus networks. 
* [mev-boost+](https://hackmd.io/@layr/SkBRqvdC5) is an iteration that uses [eigen layer](https://github.com/go-outside-labs/mev-toolkit/blob/main/MEV_and_trading/staking/EigenLayer.md), a meta-slashing protocol on ethereum, to return agency to block proposers (allowing them to partition an execution block).


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### resources

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* [mev-boost, relays, self-sovereignty](https://mirror.xyz/mevwaifu.eth/Xo_5rIpRQpFOC__kYfjLJVOFwlSZH2n8tUnHoXo6VyI)
* [mev-boost on a goerli validator](https://mirror.xyz/steinkirch.eth/Xo_5rIpRQpFOC__kYfjLJVOFwlSZH2n8tUnHoXo6VyI)
* [running mev-boost-relay at scale](https://www.notion.so/Running-mev-boost-relay-at-scale-4040ccd5186c425d9a860cbb29bbfe09)
* [install mev-boost in ubuntu](https://github.com/metanull-operator/eth2-ubuntu/blob/master/v2/mev-boost.md)
* [mev-boost docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/flashbots/mev-boost)
* [dune mev-boost dashboard](https://dune.com/ChainsightAnalytics/mev-after-ethereum-merge)
* [why mev boost](https://writings.flashbots.net/writings/why-run-mevboost/)
* [mev-boost post-merge](https://ethresear.ch/t/mev-boost-merge-ready-flashbots-architecture/11177)
* [mev-boost builder stats dune](https://dune.com/ChainsightAnalytics/mev-after-ethereum-merge)
* [flashbots analysis of mev in eth2](https://github.com/flashbots/eth2-research/blob/main/notebooks/mev-in-eth2/eth2-mev-calc.ipynb)
* [ethereum specs for block builder](https://github.com/ethereum/builder-specs)
* [list of mev-boost payout addresses](https://gist.github.com/metachris/a4d10ff59cad5ffe3cf0f2c6e91fc0bc)
* [merge ready flashbots architecture](https://hackmd.io/@manifold/S1jRmGIPF)
* [mevboost.org](https://www.mevboost.org/)