Notes on Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS)

Threading together multiple strands, for a more coherent picture

Before we get started: Dear e-mail subscriber, due to the length of this post, it is possibly truncated by your e-mail client! If things end abruptly, take a look at the post online by clicking on the title. Thank you for reading :) Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) is a hotly debated topic, a broad design philosophy emphasising the relationship between protocol and non-protocol actors for the maintenance and operation of a blockchain. While the discussion has now been active for over a year, the Merge first and Devcon second brought much more resources and attention to PBS. In this post, I…

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