Burak Öz

@boez95

Researcher at Flashbots ⚡🤖

Berlin

Joined November 2021

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Burak Öz
@boez95
Aug 1
With multiple MCP protocols in the design and implementation phases, we think it is very timely to discuss how location choice interacts with protocol design for welfare-efficient, fair, and censorship-resistant functioning in these systems. 🧵
Burak Öz
@boez95
Aug 10
We put together a writing on why location choice matters in the efficient and fair functioning of decentralized block building systems, such as the recent MCP designs.
Burak Öz
@boez95
Aug 1
With multiple MCP protocols in the design and implementation phases, we think it is very timely to discuss how location choice interacts with protocol design for welfare-efficient, fair, and censorship-resistant functioning in these systems. 🧵
Burak Öz
@boez95
Mar 31
We've written a blog post on the failure of ahead-of-time auctions. Our main takeaway is that the Arbitrum case is at least as much about weak competition as it is about ahead-of-time design.
Burak Öz
@boez95
Mar 23
1/n Ahead-of-time (AOT) auctions may lead to secondary resale markets. Arbitrum's Timeboost is a live case. We study what happens when such a market actually emerges.
Burak Öz
@boez95
Mar 23
1/n Ahead-of-time (AOT) auctions may lead to secondary resale markets. Arbitrum's Timeboost is a live case. We study what happens when such a market actually emerges.
Burak Öz
@boez95
Feb 1
Does Ethereum’s block-building architecture create migration incentives for validators? In this paper, we examine this question under a range of network and consensus settings.
Sen Yang
@syang2ng
Jan 22
We released a revised version of our paper on Ethereum validator geographical decentralization and block-building paradigms, with significant updates informed by helpful feedback!