Centralization in Block-Building and Proposer-Builder Separation
摘要
The goal of this paper is to rigorously interrogate conventional wisdom about centralization in block-building (due to, e.g., MEV and private order flow) and the outsourcing of block-building by validators to specialists (i.e., proposer-builder separation): This paper develops mathematical models and results that offer answers to these questions: Our models and results take advantage of connections to contest design, Pólya urn processes, and auction theory.