MEV, Mechanism Design & the Censorship Problem with Mallesh M Pai

On this week’s episode, Anna Rose and Tarun Chitra chat with Mallesh Pai, Associate Professor of Economics at Rice University. They explore mechanism design in an economic context and Mallesh’s work around MEV topics - specifically on censorship in an MEV context and within his Special Mechanism Group. The discussion takes the team back into the topic of MEV, revisiting the proposer builder separation concept and the impact that this may have on the efficiency and censorship resistance of these systems. Here’s some additional links for this episode:Episode 183: CowSwap & DAO Tech with Gnosis’s Martin Köppelmann Episode 216: A Dip into the Mempool & MEV with Project Blanc Episode 243: Dive Back into MEV with Alex Stokes and Chris HagerEpisode 249: Impact of Tornado Cash: a Builders PerspectiveEpisode 269: Auctions with Kshitij Kulkarni, Matheus V. X. Ferreira and TarunVitalik’s Blog PostSpecial Mechanism Group’s Thread on Censoring EthBlock relating to ThreadSpecial Mechanism Group’s Research Papers (with explainers)zkSummit 10 is happening in London on September 20, 2023! Apply to attend now -> zkSummit 10 Application Form. Bonsai, RISC Zero’s most anticipated product, allows developers to prove huge programs off-chain, roll them into one succinct proof, and verify anywhere with low amounts of gas.Visit https://r0.link/ZKpodcast to learn more and sign up today for the Bonsai waitlist. Anoma’s first fractal instance, Namada, is launching soon!The MASP circuit's latest update enables shielded set rewards directly in the shielded set, a novel feature that funds privacy as a public good.Follow Namada on twitter @namada for more information and join the community on Discord discord.gg/namada. If you like what we do:Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | LinktreeSubscribe to our podcast newsletter Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on YouTube Read transcript

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