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Adaptive, Load Responsive Fee Markets on Solana - A Rigorous LRU-Based Control-Theoretic Framework

Special thank yous to Terry and Fikunmi for reading early versions of this article and providing feedback. Introduction Solana is a high-throughput blockchain that aims to maintain full capacity utilization without artificially constraining blockspace. Unlike Ethereum—which relies on a dynamic base fee model (EIP-1559) that makes blockspace ex...

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Dynamic Fee Vectors - Turning Anti-Spam Escrows into Self-Tuning Markets

Overview In the previous article, we showed how slowing capital velocity and raising reserve requirements can help mitigate the spam without punishing ordinary users. Here we make those two levers adaptive and dynamic. Our guide is the study “Dynamical Analysis of the EIP-1559 Ethereum Fee Market1,” which says that fee mechanisms can tip from...

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Taming Blockchain Spam - How Capital Velocity and Cost of Capital Rewrite Fee Markets

When cheap block-space backfires During Solana’s January 2022 congestion episode the success rate of ordinary user transactions fell by as much as 70% as arbitrage bots resubmitted identical orders thousands of times to maximize inclusion odds; the validator pipeline simply clogged and block production slowed to a crawl12. Polygon faced a diffe...

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Enhancing Blockchain Censorship Resistance - Advanced Mechanisms and Mathematical Models

Introduction Maintaining censorship resistance (CR) is important to ensure the integrity, fairness, and decentralization of decentralized applications (dApps). Censorship resistance safeguards against malicious actors attempting to manipulate transaction processing, thereby preserving the foundational principles of blockchain systems. The Atla...

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Exploring of MEV Redistribution - Integrating Mathematical Models and Strategic Perspectives

WORK IN PROGRESS Abstract Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has emerged as a critical factor influencing fairness, efficiency, and decentralization within blockchain ecosystems. MEV refers to the additional value that can be extracted through the manipulation of transaction ordering, insertion, or censorship within a block. This article presen...

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A Deep Dive into Application Specific Sequencing

Special thank yous to @ThogardPvP & @jacobeth4 from @0xFastLane, @ballsyalchemist from @sorella_labs, and @DariusTabai from @vertex_protocol for reading early versions of this article and providing feedback. Introduction As blockchain technology matures, decentralized applications (dApps) face increasing challenges in managing transaction ...

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Unlocking Liquid Restaking - Measuring Worst-Case Stake Loss, Cross-Contagion Risk, and LTV in LRTfi Networks

Let’s develop a framework around how Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) providers could measure and relay the worst-case stake loss $R_\psi(C)$ for different validators, calculate cross-contagion risk (which is important when validators are interconnected or share market risks), and how this could feed into an overall system like Nucleus to provide mo...

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Gas Efficiency and MEV Trade-Off in the Fastlane's ASS Framework - A Deep Dive into Domain-Specific Blockchain Constraints

WIP - WORK IN PROGRESS Introduction In this technical blog, we will explore deeper into the gas efficiency trade-off, using the insights from Fastlane’s ASS framework1. Their observations, particularly around domain-specific constraints, will serve as the foundation for developing a rigorous, mathematical model that captures the intricacies of...

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