Inside the MIT Brothers' Ethereum Exploit

Flashbots’ Hasu discusses the recent MEV Boost exploit, emphasizing the ongoing MEV challenges and the need for decentralized solutions.Follow the show here for more.This installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk interview Hasu, head of strategy at Flashbots and advisor to the Lido DAO. They discuss the recent exploit in the MEV Boost codebase, the Department of Justice's response, and the ongoing efforts to solve MEV. The conversation also covers restaking, Lido's role in the restaking ecosystem, censorship resistance, design differences between Eigenlayer and Symbiotic, and the future of Ethereum.Takeaways | Chapters00:00 MEV Exploit and the Battle to Solve MEV09:04 The Role of Lido in the Restaking Ecosystem21:11 Swav: Fast, Private, and Decentralized Off-chain Computation28:11 Restaking: Renting Economic Security32:54 Design Differences: Eigenlayer vs. Symbiotic39:02 StakeETH: Making Staked ETH the Dominant Asset40:55 Addressing Censorship Resistance in EthereumSign Up for THE PROTOCOL NEWSLETTER EPISODE LINKS |  How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges -The Protocol has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Take Me Back” by Strength To Last.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.