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Breakdown01 Nov 2023Shared sequencing research report: 10 key findings (with Pansophic)TLDR of a 45-page co-authored report: sequencing is centralized and siloed today, decentralized and shared sequencing are separate axes, and shared sequencing offers decentralization-as-a-service and limited atomic composability.Article03 Jul 2024Radius: Shared Sequencing powered by EigenLayerLong-form on why centralized sequencers hurt censorship resistance, liveness and safety, and how Radius's encrypted mempool (PVDE then SKDE) and EigenLayer AVS deliver MEV-resistant shared sequencing and cross-rollup composability.Breakdown23 Jul 2023Radius shared sequencer: encrypted mempool and atomic composabilityExplains Radius, a decentralized shared sequencer that uses Practical Verifiable Delay Encryption for an MEV-resistant encrypted mempool and offers atomic composability across rollups. Expects it to serve smaller app-specific rollups.

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13 Aug 2024Vessel Finance: ZK orderbook L3 on Scroll explained30-part thread on Vessel, a ZK-powered orderbook DEX run as an L3 on Scroll with a verifiable AMM-embedded limit order book, SNARK-proven state updates and forced withdrawals. Backed by a $10M seed led by Sequoia; the thread includes the author's referral link.BreakdownPerpsZKDeFi

05 Jul 2024Synchronous atomic composability: Radius shared sequencer with Avail NexusExplains how Radius's shared sequencer orders cross-rollup bundles for atomic execution while Avail Nexus adds cryptographic guarantees through proof aggregation. A demo moved 50 wUSDC between two Polygon CDK chains in one bundle.ExplainerL1/L2ZK

03 Jul 2024Radius: Shared Sequencing powered by EigenLayerLong-form on why centralized sequencers hurt censorship resistance, liveness and safety, and how Radius's encrypted mempool (PVDE then SKDE) and EigenLayer AVS deliver MEV-resistant shared sequencing and cross-rollup composability.ArticleL1/L2Ethereum

23 May 2024Gevulot: the universal proving layer of the modular ZK stackDeep dive on Gevulot's prover and validator node design with custom prover sets, and its use cases: validity rollups, proof aggregation, zkVMs, ZK bridges, verifiable RPC, zkML, zkFHE and ZK coprocessors. Notes the devnet is live and a $6M seed led by Variant.BreakdownZKL1/L2

19 May 2024Radius: encrypted mempool and verifiable shared sequencing on EigenLayerExplains how Radius uses practical verifiable delay encryption to keep transactions encrypted until the order is preconfirmed, with ZK proofs enabling slashing of misbehaving sequencers via an EigenLayer AVS. Positions shared sequencing as the next frontier of the modular stack.ExplainerL1/L2Tooling

18 Mar 2024Shared sequencers: why rollups need them and who leads the fieldExplains the sequencer role and the risks of today's centralized sequencers (single point of failure, censorship, liveness, MEV). Argues shared sequencers deliver decentralization-as-a-service, pooled security and composability for the long tail of app-specific rollups.ExplainerL1/L2

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11 Nov 2023Radius shared sequencing and the Curie encrypted mempool testnetDescribes Radius as shared sequencing with an encrypted mempool via PVDE, giving rollups decentralization-as-a-service and limited atomic composability, and how the Curie testnet encrypts txs in the browser.Market takeL1/L2Market structure

03 Nov 2023Radius encrypted mempool for Madara and Starknet appchainsExplains how Radius, via a decentralized sequencer set with an encrypted mempool using PVDE, gives Madara-based Starknet rollups censorship resistance and MEV protection, plus shared sequencing's atomic composability and pooled security.Market takeL1/L2Market structure

01 Nov 2023Shared sequencing research report: 10 key findings (with Pansophic)TLDR of a 45-page co-authored report: sequencing is centralized and siloed today, decentralized and shared sequencing are separate axes, and shared sequencing offers decentralization-as-a-service and limited atomic composability.BreakdownL1/L2EthereumMarket structure

23 Jul 2023Radius shared sequencer: encrypted mempool and atomic composabilityExplains Radius, a decentralized shared sequencer that uses Practical Verifiable Delay Encryption for an MEV-resistant encrypted mempool and offers atomic composability across rollups. Expects it to serve smaller app-specific rollups.BreakdownL1/L2PrivacyMarket structure

21 Jul 2023Rollups are not decentralized yet: sequencer status and shared sequencersReviews sequencer and validator centralization at Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync Era and Polygon zkEVM and failure modes. Presents shared sequencers as decentralization-as-a-service for rollups.ThesisL1/L2Ethereum

17 Jul 2023AltLayer Flash Layers secured by EigenLayer restaking: decentralized sequencingExplains how AltLayer's Flash Layers use EigenLayer restakers as a decentralized sequencer set, why centralized sequencers are a core rollup issue, and how to test both via the Altitude Phase III testnet.ExplainerEthereumL1/L2

20 Apr 2023Centralization in zk-rollups: sequencers, provers and client diversityArgues zk-rollups promise Ethereum-grade security but are largely centralized today across sequencers, provers and client diversity. Maps the projects working on each problem: sequencer rotation, shared sequencers, prover outsourcing and multiple clients.Market takeZKL1/L2Ethereum

30 Mar 2023Centralized rollup sequencers: risks and who is decentralizing themMost rollups run a centralized sequencer, which creates censorship, MEV and single point of failure risk. Saga and Radius build shared sequencing infrastructure, while Polygon zkEVM's sequencer is still centralized despite its Proof of Efficiency design.Market takeL1/L2Ethereum

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