gmonad
As we prepare for Monad's upcoming launch, we're excited to announce the Monad MEV Research Group and invite the community to join us in researching ecosystem-aligned MEV solutions for Nad Nation
I’m excited to announce FastLane’s next major feature: siderunning! Siderunning is a revolutionary combination of frontrunning and backrunning MEV strategies that allows searchers to send transactions straight into the public memory pool to be mined by validators.
🧵
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FastLane onboarding & integration guides for searchers and validators are now available:
Searchers start your engines! Open beta starts next week on
@0xPolygon
/
@0xPolygonDeFi
!*
(*Note from Thogard: as long as I can get over this bout of covid soon 😅)
On Ethereum, the recent attack by a validator on sandwich bots helps illustrate FastLane's sandwich defense mechanism.
When building PFL, we sought to *preserve* this attack vector in order to deter sandwichers. The rationale is outlined here:
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One of the most interesting surprises of running the FastLane relay has been the bidding. This was a simple, atomic, V3 backrun... and the winning searcher bid only $7.5k.
Apparently there's still lots of free money to be made in MEV on Polygon 😉
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We are excited to announce the Kairos update for FastLane on Polygon!
Kairos is a novel auction mechanism that will allow Top of Block (ToB) searchers to reduce the costs of reverting transactions and keep bidding past the standard deadline.
🧵time
🎉 Announcing our EthCC event on 20th July: 🎉
'MEV On The Seine'
hosted by FastLane Labs! 🍷
We will be having an evening digging into the future opportunities in the MEV space with speakers discussing the evolving nature of extractable value..
We're super excited to welcome to
@IG_Galaxy
to our team of participating validators on
@0xPolygonLabs
.
IGGalaxy are an eSports tournament platform on Polygon that wants to protect users on the Blockchain! ⚔️
#Polygon
#FastLane
PFL's open beta is now live and ready to accept ecosystem-friendly MEV bundles on
@0xPolygon
:)
To get the most up-to-date list of participating validators, the bundle endpoint, our smart contract address or ask any questions, please join our discord:
Welcome to
@mycointainercom
- who now use FastLane to protect Polygon users from harmful MEV. 💪
Founded in 2018,
@mycointainercom
are a trusted international crypto-staking platform where you can earn a passive income from over 125 crypto assets in one place.
😎
#onPolygon
If you're staking MATIC
@onPolygon_
, consider using a validator connected to the FastLane protocol.
They've partnered with us to improve the Polygon PoS user experience by disincentivizing spam... and if that wasn't enough, they tend to have much higher uptime than average!
Doomer vibes?
Join us at 🔥Unaligned Day, where doomscrolling comes to life with raw and irreverent discussions that challenge the industry's status quo.
co-hosted with
@FigmentCapital
,
@primev_xyz
,
@blocknative
, and
@ionprotocol
You can still RSVP here:
Welcome to FastLane
@ChainflowPOS
!
Chainflow was founded in 2017 to accelerate the development of a more inclusive, equitable, and fair economy.
They've since grown into one of the most influential teams in crypto’s staking economy, operating validators and staking services on
Exciting news from the FastLane Labs team - we're launching the Searcher Explorer App!
This tool is designed for our dedicated community of searchers navigating the
#FastLane
#MEV
protocol.
Our app enables you to delve deep into auction dynamics with a variety of features.
🧵
Monad will bring a ton of innovation to the EVM, with deferred and parallel execution, MonadBFT, MonadDB and more. The MMRG will work together with the Monad community to research solutions to issues like spam and sandwich attacks. Read more:
New FastLane white paper just dropped!
Searchers - expect smart contract integration guides early next week. In the mean time, view our GitHub repo for the actual code and two different integration examples.
Say goodbye to Sandwich Attacks 👋
You are now least likely to be Sandwich attacked when using Polygon versus other EVM chains.
@0xPolygonLabs
is building the value layer for the internet, and participating validators are helping to keep the chain safe by integrating FastLane
It's that moment you've all been waiting for, FastLane Labs is hiring! We're thrilled to be leading the charge in bringing an ecosystem friendly MEV solution to Polygon and are excited to grow our team to help us achieve our ambitious goals. Get in touch.
We're excited to announce our partnership with Kolibrio, pioneers in Order Flow Auction on the Polygon network. Their integration with FastLane brings new MEV arb opportunities for Searchers🔎
Follow
@kolibrio_mev
or join our discord for more on integrating with their BEV Relay.
Welcome to FastLane
@dsrvlabs
🤝
DSRV are now protecting Polygon users from bad MEV and easing congestion on the network!
They are a leading blockchain infrastructure provider based in Seoul with over $1 Billion worth of assets staked.
$MATIC $POL
#MEV
#Polygon
We're very excited to have
@Wetez_stake
join the FastLane protocol on Polygon! Together, we seek to reduce spam on the
@0xPolygon
blockchain and protect users from harmful MEV.
Together, we'll make
@0xPolygonDeFi
even more user-friendly than it already is.
Wetez is delighted to announce that we’ve integrated the Fastlane
@0xPFL
on our validator!😆
We’re excited about the idea of reduces the likelihood of the network being overwhelmed with redundant transactions. Let’s see what Fastlane can bring to
@0xPolygon
🧐
We're excited to announce that the validator
@FreshStaking
, led by
@wholesum
, has connected to the FastLane protocol and joined us in our mission to disincentivize spam and protect the user experience on
@0xPolygonDeFi
Happy to welcome
@data_nexus
to our list of participating Validators on Polygon!
They will be running FastLane to protect the health of the Polygon Blockchain.
We're on a roll!
#Polygon
#PolygonCommunity
@0xPolygonLabs
's Chain Developer Kit lets builders easily deploy their own app-chains.
Allowing them to take advantage of Polygon 2.0's benefits of:
1) Unlimited scalability
2) unified liquidity
Who's looking forward to building on Polygon 2.0? 👀👀
Welcome to FastLane
@P2Pvalidator
! 🤝
P2P will protect users from Sandwich attacks while ensuring the safety of the Polygon network. ⚔️🥪
P2P has $3,001,596,889 total staked assets and is an OG validator.
They provide infrastructure to Web 3 companies and institutional-grade
The Dark Forest on Layer 2's
If you're a Web3 native, you've likely heard the term MEV thrown around. It's a hot topic, especially with the rise of Layer 2 solutions like Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism.
But how much do we really know about MEV on L2s?
🧵
Welcome to our first Aussie-based Validator
@Coinstash_AU
!
They're joining our growing team of Polygon Validators protecting the blockchain.
🇦🇺 😎
#Polygon
#FastLane
Exciting news! Due to overwhelming response, we've upgraded to a larger venue accommodate all our fantastic attendees.
#MEV
Nearby The Seine With FastLane will be taking place in Le Meurice Hotel, in the Salon Pompadour Room. 🇫🇷 Same time, grander venue. Can't wait to see you
FastLane continues to innovate for our searchers with our latest feature, introducing Websocket support for RPC!⚡️ This upgrade eases implementation, reduces latency, and ends the need for periodic refreshes. Check out our new blog post for all the details
1/ Next up from our Makers and Breakers in the Rockies tech talk series is "Strategies for Building Robust Smart Contracts" from
@alphaK3Y
, a first-principles deep-dive into building secure smart contracts
Welcome to
@Kiln_finance
who are helping to protect the Polygon Network with FastLane.
Kiln specialise in Institutional grade staking and bring trust, transparency and technical excellence to Blockchain infrastructure services.
With 50 Million MATIC staked, they are a leading
Searchers, if you have questions regarding the implementation, please join our discord (linked below) and ask in the “Searcher Onboarding” channel. Thanks!
We are excited to partner with
@zellic_io
for a comprehensive security review of our clearinghouse for liquid and traditional staking receipts.
Zellic is an industry-leading blockchain audit firm that has audited 100+ projects with $3B+ in TVL.
ERC-4337 is a powerful permissionless AA solution for general purpose user ops, but may not be the best place for more complex DeFi intents (the flip side of MEV)
We explore the tradeoffs and relationship between ERC-4337, intents and MEV here
🎉 Announcing our EthCC event on 20th July: 🎉
'MEV On The Seine'
hosted by FastLane Labs! 🍷
We will be having an evening digging into the future opportunities in the MEV space with speakers discussing the evolving nature of extractable value..
The definition of MEV seems to change over time 🤔
Founder
@ThogardPvP
walks you through the changes on stage at the Staking Summit
#MEV
#Polygon
$MATIC $POL
The Polygon Validator set has a strong sense of social responsibility which leads to high accountability that helps them attract stake from institutions 🏛️
This is all due to how the validator set has been set up by
@0xPolygonLabs
#Polygon
#Staking
#Validator
#Blockchain
We are proud to work with
@hackless_defi
to enhance fairness and security on-chain!
Hackless are working to ensure MEV can work for everyone’s benefit, values we align with closely 🚀
Big thanks to
@0xPFL
🫶 for your collaboration in bringing Wallet Rescue to
@OxPolygonLabs
! Another significant stride towards harnessing MEV for the greater good and enhancing the fairness and security of Polygon blockchain transactions.
Note that we are not delaying the actual block deadline nor lengthening the default propagation delay.
We appreciate the fact that today maybe wasn't the best day to announce a latency-based MEV mechanism... In our defense, we planned this a month ago 😅
Welcome to FastLane
@shard_labs
!
Shard Labs are now helping to protect users
@onPolygon_
from bad MEV while protecting network stability.
They currently have 14 Million $MATIC staked and helped create
@LidoFinance
on Polygon.
They embrace a culture of continuous innovation,
Excited to announce another Validator joining us at
@0xPFL
!
Vader73 has joined the rapidly growing list of participating validators protecting users on
@0xPolygonLabs
Blockchain from harmful MEV.
Welcome!
Vader73 >>>
#Polygon
#FastLane
7.5 hours to go before doors open to
#MEV
Nearby the Seine with FastLane Labs and guest speakers! A ticket is still required for entry - Please be sure to have your QR code ready at the door. Just a reminder that we've upgraded our venue to LE MEURICE, at the SALON POMPADOUR!
FastLane is now connected to 31 Polygon Validators, accounting for 37.2% of the network hash rate.
Thank you for participating in keeping the Polygon Network healthy Validators 🙏
… to put your siderunning transaction at the top of their block!
MEV will never be the same.
(Sorry for all the leaked alpha by the way but sometimes if you want to revolutionize a sector you need to break a few eggs!)
White paper soon!
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Welcome to FastLane
@kytzu
!
Kytzu has joined forces with us to protect Polygon users from harmful MEV!
They are validators across multiple chains and currently have 12,633,485.36 MATIC staked.
#onPolygon
🚀
Any validator can connect to the FastLane protocol -we've designed our system to create no code or infrastructure dependencies.
Connecting is as easy as running a one-line patch on a validator's sentry nodes and then adding the nearest FastLane node as an extra sentry.
Welcome to FastLane
@everstake_pool
! 🚀
Everstake runs Enterprise-grade staking services for over 735K+ delegators, with over 11,000 Validator nodes and $2.3B+ in assets staked.
And they are now protecting against Sandwich attacks on Polygon. ⚔️🥪
A pleasure to have you
🥪 ⚔️ What is a Sandwich Attack?
An example of an arbitrage opportunity associated by some with ‘extractive MEV’ is a ‘sandwich’ attack, which is a combination of both a frontrunning transaction and a backrunning transaction.
Welcome to FastLane
@MatrixStake
Matrix bring more than a decade of cloud experience to build a robust node ecosystem at scale.
They are currently providing professional staking service for Ethereum 2.0, Polygon, Velas and Harmony and have 12,573,145.29 MATIC staked.
What exactly is MEV?
And how do we remove unfair advantages for privileged actors in the network to benefit users?
FastLane Founder
@ThogardPvP
sat down with Nethermind Founder
@tkstanczak
and Chorus One Research Lead
@plc_hld
at
@StakingRewards
Staking Summit.
In order to support siderunning strategies from searchers, FastLane labs has spun up a specialized RPC that we’ve decided to start calling a “node.” These “nodes” are specially designed to handle an MEV bundle consisting of exactly one siderunning transaction.
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The new FastLane Auction contract is now available on GitHub.
Contract addresses and integration guides for both searchers and validators will be released shortly. Big announcements coming soon... 👀
When you send your MEV bundle, a few ground breaking things will happen. First, we will connect with other “nodes” in the network and MEV-Inject your siderunning transaction into their memory pool. Second, we’ll look for publicly available private order flow..
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Preserving an environment in which sandwich attacks aren't expected to be profitable - and therefore an environment that's safe for users - is one of FastLane's primary goals.
(We're also big on decentralization and reducing spam 😉)
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Welcome to
@tessellated_io
, the newest Polygon validator to connect to FastLane. Together, we're working hard to improve the DeFi experience for Polygon's users by disincentivizing spam and guarding against harmful MEV.
We're excited to have you aboard!
GM Validators and DeFi Friends ☀️
Who's going to ETHdam in Amsterdam?
You'll be able to meet Founder
@ThogardPvP
and Account Director
@TomFastlane
who'll be talking about all things MEV.
Give us a heads up and we can grab a coffee! 😎
#ETHdam
#ETH
Searchers interested in participating should join our discord and check out the Kairos docs on the FastLane webpage.
Discord:
Docs:
We'll be standing by to answer any integration or implementation questions you may have.
We’ve embedded a groundbreaking new feature in each siderunning transaction called the “gas price”. The way it works is fairly complex, but the tl;dr is that the higher the gas price you pay, the more likely a validator is…
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For validators on
@0xPolygon
who are participating in our ecosystem-friendly and sandwich-free MEV program, we've launched a new method for installing the FastLane patch on their sentries:
Please note that the previous method still works as well.
To continue our tradition of immutable and trustless MEV smart contracts, we've deployed a new entrypoint contract.
0xCACe8D78269ba00f1C4D5Fc3B1228C7DF0a7C8BA
Searchers can continue submitting bundles to the previous contract, but should update to the new one when possible.
2/ After giving a framework for thinking about securing your contracts,
@alphaK3Y
then gives a demo of Echidna, an EVM contract fuzzing tool that learns and adapts to the failure cases it's seen before
We're thrilled to announce that we've reached 5 Million Delegation on our
#Polygon
Validator! 🙌
Thank you to our amazing community for your continued support. We're committed to providing you with the best possible staking experience.
#Polygo
#Validator
#Delegation
#Staking
Just like the backrun system used by PFL, the FastLane auction entrypoint contract ensures that if the searcher's bid isn't paid then their operation is reverted.
Validators will not have to modify their nodes.
Searchers can still submit transactions via the public mempool.