{"title": "Aestus MEV Relay", "logoImg": "bafkreihe6f5i575dazu4fimnfxq6ytmmavrfgscz6d3ex2om6wxkaobanm", "website": "https://aestus.live", "createdAt": 1725845503526, "credentials": {}, "description": "The Aestus Relay is a neutral, non-censoring implementation of MEV-Boost, connecting Ethereum proof-of-stake validators and block builders via an auction. We emerged from conversations in the EthFinance and EthStaker communities, and aim to provide credibly neutral infrastructure for the Ethereum staking ecosystem. The relay has been in continuous operation for nearly 2 years and serves over 850,000 validators, including many solo stakers, Rocketpool users, and large professional staking operations. Between 1-5% of all Ethereum mainnet blocks pass through Aestus.\n\nMEV remains a valuable part of revenue for Ethereum PoS consensus participants, but it is critical to the long-term health of the network that we minimize centralization pressures and ensure MEV profits are equitably distributed amongst all validators. Aestus operates as a public good, free from commercial interests and adhering to principles of credible neutrality.\n\nAestus was originally imagined to be a short-term enterprise destined only to fill a short-term gap between the Merge and the development of enshrined proposer-builder separation (“ePBS”). This pathway to an in-protocol solution has been significantly more challenging than initially anticipated and remains somewhat elusive. Aestus intends to remain in operation until we outlive our purpose.\n\nRecently, there has been considerable interest and extensive research towards improving Ethereum UI/UX by supporting cross-chain (L2) atomic synchronicity, including instantaneous inclusion and execution guarantees (preconfs), and using L1 validators to secure L2s. This “based” ecosystem entails significant new responsibilities for relays and new ecosystem actors. This will require extensive development and testing.", "logoImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "AestusRelay"}