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May 2023
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170 - Burning MEV with Justin Drake and ...

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Ethereum is getting yet another economic upgrade! The scarcity engine is getting a massive level up with the advent of the MEV Burn.

With Justin Drake and Domothy, they walk us through the research and reasoning behind this next upgrade

Just when we thought we couldn’t get any more bullish…

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 7:00 What is MEV? 13:30 MEV is Subjective 17:15 The Oil Analogy 21:15 The Benefits of Smoothing 28:35 Builders and Proposers 38:45 Forced Centralization 44:35 Rug Pool Protection 48:30 Distribution 58:20 Pros of Burning 1:05:15 Burning on Overdrive 1:09:30 Does this Hurt Stakers? 1:13:55 Too Deflationary? 1:23:30 Monetary Premium 1:28:15 EIP-4844 1:31:00 The Engine 1:35:50 Wen?

——— Resources:

Justin Drake: https://twitter.com/drakefjustin?s=20 

Dom: https://twitter.com/domothy?s=20 

Hildobby's Dune Board: https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking 

Ultrasound.Money: https://ultrasound.money/ 

------ Related Episodes:

EIP-1559: https://www.bankless.com/-eip-1559-hasu  https://www.bankless.com/-eip-1559-expert-panel-tim-beiko 

MEV: https://www.bankless.com/-cryptos-existential-threat-mev-panel  https://www.bankless.com/125-matt-cutler 

Ultra Sound Money: https://www.bankless.com/-sotn-44-modeling-ultra-sound-money  https://www.bankless.com/-ultra-sound-money-justin-drake  https://www.bankless.com/-moon-math-the-bull-case-for-cryptography 

Justin Drake:  https://www.bankless.com/134-ethereum-unsensored-with-justin  https://www.bankless.com/shanghai-capella-eth-staking-withdrawals-with-tim-beiko-justin-drake-and-anthony-sassano  https://www.bankless.com/150-bull-case-for-ethereum-iv-with-justin-drake-dcinvestor-anthony-sassano  https://www.bankless.com/devcon-2-justin-drake  https://www.bankless.com/15-bad-eth-takes-with-justin-drake  https://www.bankless.com/the-pow-vs-pos-debate-lyn-alden-and  https://www.bankless.com/-layer-zero-justin-drake 

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