Notes from the metal.
Most writing about this layer is written by people who have not worked in it. These are notes from inside the systems. MEV, execution clients, rollup data availability, and the mechanism design underneath onchain markets, each one grounded in work we have shipped.
- 7 min readStarknet / Execution clients / P2P
Inside a Starknet Full Node. The P2P Layer
How a Starknet full node discovers peers, propagates blocks, and syncs state, and why the networking layer is where decentralization is won or lost.
- 6 min readEthereum / Rollups / Research
Aggregating EIP-4844 Blobs Across Rollups
EIP-4844 gave rollups a cheaper place to post data. Sharing blob space across rollups can push data-availability cost down further. Here is the idea and the constraints.
- 6 min readMEV / DeFi / Security
How Sandwich-Attack Protection Actually Works
A sandwich attack wraps your swap between two of the attacker's. Real protection is a cost-optimization problem, not a slippage slider. Here is how it works.