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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.
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Current stage: Series B24 current maintainers22 active leads3 new active leads10 lead step-downs4 early lead departures

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026

Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

24

Current maintainers

22

Active leads

3

New active leads

10

Lead step-downs

0

Lead movements

4

Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/flashbots

Maintainers (78)

@canercidamCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Dec 11, 2025
Last merge
Aug 6, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@ameba23Current employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Nov 5, 2025
Last merge
Aug 3, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@julio4Current employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Oct 9, 2025
Last merge
Aug 1, 2026
Active lead
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@alexhulbertCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 11, 2025
Last merge
Jul 31, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@zeroXbrockCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Mar 28, 2022
Last merge
Jul 31, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@RuteriCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 25, 2022
Last merge
Jul 28, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@0x416e746f6eCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Jul 27, 2023
Last merge
Jul 28, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@KA-ROMCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Mar 2, 2026
Last merge
Jul 27, 2026
Active lead
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@bakhtinCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Sep 27, 2024
Last merge
Jul 23, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@pablin-10Current employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Mar 18, 2026
Last merge
Jul 18, 2026
Active lead
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@ZanCorDXCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Jul 4, 2024
Last merge
Jul 17, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@avaloncheCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Aug 17, 2022
Last merge
Jul 16, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@akundazCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Jun 11, 2025
Last merge
Jul 6, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@metachrisCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Oct 5, 2021
Last merge
Jun 30, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@ilyalukCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 13, 2025
Last merge
Jun 22, 2026
Active lead
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@SozinMCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 21, 2025
Last merge
Jun 22, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@MoeMahhoukCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 29, 2024
Last merge
Jun 17, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@nootCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Sep 16, 2025
Last merge
Jun 3, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@shanejonasCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Aug 20, 2025
Last merge
Jun 2, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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Maintainer Movements (7)

@bharath-123 moved lead merge authority to ethPandaOps.

Confirmed Mar 23, 2026 · Observed

Last source merge Dec 23, 2025 · First destination merge Feb 2, 2026

@0xKitsune moved lead merge authority to Tempo.

Confirmed Oct 16, 2025 · Observed

Last source merge Jul 16, 2025 · First destination merge Aug 3, 2025

@Wazzymandias moved lead merge authority to Spire Labs.

Confirmed May 25, 2025 · Observed

Last source merge Oct 10, 2023 · First destination merge May 25, 2025

@amiller moved lead merge authority to RedPill.

Confirmed Dec 27, 2024 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jun 12, 2024 · First destination merge Dec 27, 2024

@bhakiyakalimuthu moved lead merge authority to bloXroute Labs.

Confirmed Sep 18, 2023 · Observed

Last source merge Jan 31, 2023 · First destination merge Sep 18, 2023

@tkstanczak moved lead merge authority to Nethermind.

Confirmed Jan 24, 2023 · Observed

Last source merge Mar 28, 2022 · First destination merge Jan 24, 2023

@gakonst moved lead merge authority to arkworks.

Confirmed Aug 15, 2021 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Apr 3, 2021 · First destination merge Aug 15, 2021