REORG.WTF
Yet another public research unconference in the open with the brilliant super-coders.
Date: Saturday, Aug 7, 2021
Time: 12:00 - 17:30 ET / 9:00 - 14:30 PT / 16:00 - 21:30 UTC
Conference link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/reorg-wtf-summit (please use Chrome browser)
Format: defi.wtf meets MEV Roast
Previous WTF event: MEV.wtf
MEV research grants: MEV Fellowship Grants
Brought to you by Flashbots Research, special thanks to IC3 and Dystopia Labs.
A bird's eye view on reorgs
- 12:00 - 12:20 ET | Types of blockchain reorgs on various consensus algorithms (20min)
- 12:20 - 12:35 ET | EVM-based 51% attack: an analysis (20min)
- 12:35 - 12:50 ET | L2 fast finality and reorgs (15min)
- 12:50 - 13:10 ET | Reorgs in PoS and multi-agent selfish mining (20min)
- 13:10 - 13:30 ET | BDoS: "Reorg" across chains (15min)
- 13:30 - 13:50 ET | Reorg counterattacks (20min)
The op-eds: beyond NP-hard?
- 13:50 - 14:30 ET | The tweet heard round the world? The binance hack & perspectives on reorg incentives (40min)
- 14:30 - 14:45 ET | Why reorgs are negative sum (15min)
- 14:45 - 15:00 ET | MEV democratization and reorgs (15min)
- 15:00 - 15:15 ET | Are forks a good thing? Fast finality blockchains and reorgs (15min)
- 15:15 - 16:00 ET | Technical challenges: reorg softwares and reorg protections (45min)
Reorg and mitigation on Ethereum
The Past and Present
- 16:00 - 16:20 ET | Searching for Ethereum reorgs (20min)
- 16:20 - 16:40 ET| Understanding the economic motivation for reorgs and how to counter (20min)
- 16:40 - 17:00 ET | So you want to build a pool for reorgs? NGMI (20min)
The Future
- 17:00 - 17:30 ET | Ethereum reorgs after the merge (30min)