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Flashbots
Flashbots is a research and development organization working to mitigate the negative effects of maximal extractable value (MEV) on stateful blockchains, beginning with Ethereum. It develops open infrastructure and tools for block production, transaction protection, and MEV research for Ethereum users, validators, builders, relayers, and rollup developers.
Distributed
Current stage: Series B24 current maintainers22 active leads3 new active leads10 lead step-downs4 early lead departures
Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026
Description
Flashbots develops and maintains open-source MEV infrastructure and research initiatives intended to make block production more permissionless, transparent, competitive, and sustainable. Its products include MEV-Boost for Ethereum validators, relays and block-building tools, BuilderNet, Rollup-Boost, Flashbots Protect RPC, and MEV-Share. It also runs an open research program, including Flashbots Research Proposals and fellowship grants, addressing MEV market dynamics, blockchain design, economics, security, and cryptography.Grant Funding
VC Funding
None
2023
$0
$120M
Open Roles
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