EPF Week 11 Updates

Hey folks, here is my week 11 updates!

This is was a rather unproductive week compared to the previous weeks since I had to spend quite a bit of time finalized and applying for my visa to Turkey for DevConnect which I am happy is finally done! I am currently waiting for the final verdict on my visa from the consulate!

TLDR of this week, I have implemented a ToB tx simulation RPC to make the ToB tx validation in PEPC-Boost robust and have integrated that with PEPC-Boost relayer. I have written a blog on PEPC-Boost which my mentors are currently reviewing. I have been studying about Skip Protocol which is sort of like PEPC for cosmos. Paritosh from EF is willing to connect some goerli validators to my relay which is exciting!

Project Updates

I implemented an RPC in the execution layer to robustly validate ToB txs sent to the relayer. This makes the ToB tx validations much more robust.
Below are the PRs to implement the ToB tx validation RPC

Implementation: https://github.com/bharath-123/pepc-boost-builder/pull/15
Tests: https://github.com/bharath-123/pepc-boost-builder/pull/16

Below is the PR for code to integrate it with the PEPC-Boost relay

https://github.com/bharath-123/pepc-boost-relay/pull/41

I have written a blog on PEPC-Boost v0 version here:

https://hackmd.io/@bchain/Hy2UdRYe6

I have given it to my mentors for review. I intend to publish it to the open ethereum community if they feel it is all good.

Outside that I have been studying about skip protocol which is a cosmos project. Skip protocol implements ideas similar to PEPC and PEPC-Boost like ToB auctions etc. I learned a lot from reading about Skip protocol which is helping me to look at my project in a different lens.

Paritosh from EF is willing to connect goerli validators to my relay! I am working on some preparatory stuff before that and will ask him to connect to my relay next monday!

Conclusion

This was a fairly lighter week. As I move forward, I am planning to work on increasing the slots in the ToB to include more txs at the top of the block. I am looking forward to tackle other related issues like ToB tx gas reservations, optimizing block values by caching partial RoB blocks from builders etc.

I am also looking forward to publish my blog if all goes well.

I also want to start thinking strategically what we need to do to push PEPC-Boost to production. Which involves incentive design etc. I will require to have a discussion with my mentors on it.