mev-boost VS ethstaker

FYI, this is fixed now: https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost/issues/541

mev-boost v1.6 was released yesterday - it's often the part of the validator stack that gets neglected when it comes to updates.

For the setup, did you look at https://boost.flashbots.net/ ? Pretty straightforward, and examples of configuration for validator nodes are provided for each soft (prysm, lighthouse, nimbus...). I remember using that (and potentially doing one or two little adjustments). For the explanation, flashbot doc is nice, you can start here: https://docs.flashbots.net/new-to-mev

Are you also using MEV? Because a few people seem to have this same issue. Maybe it is a MEV-Geth thing. If so could you post your MEV logs?

Ahh I see yep, on the builder side not the validator side. Validators using https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost but whichever builder gets chosen may likely be using those (especially if flashbots has the highest bid).

Personally I think the risk benefit is better to have mevboost activated. https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost/issues/518

The same thing happened to me, I opened an issue in prysm and in mevboost, we are not the only ones with bad luck, https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/issues/12434 https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost/issues/516 try adding the --build-block-parallel flag I also removed 2 relays, flashboot and brute. Hopefully next time we'll have better luck. sorry for my bad english

MEV-Boost is an implementation of proposer-builder separation (PBS) built by Flashbots for proof of stake Ethereum. Validators running MEV-Boost maximize their staking reward by selling blockspace to an open market of builders.

Select your relays from our list on https://github.com/remyroy/ethstaker/blob/main/MEV-relay-list.md. You should use be using one or many of the values from the Relay URL column. Append or concatenate all those values by adding a comma (,) in between. The result should look something like https://relay1,https://relay2. We will need that value for the next step.

If your main concern is preventing bad actors, you can set your MEV relay to only be ones deemed ethical (here’s a list)

And what are the alternative/best relays? I found this list but when I try to use the first relay in there I get that sendBundle is not supported.

It's still very early, but a list of relay providers to use with MEV boost can be included. It would be fun to compare in a year on how many other relays there would be, either many more or zero because of implementation of PBS.

We are improving our MEV relay list with as much details as possible. You should be able to tell which relay is censoring or not. See https://github.com/remyroy/ethstaker/blob/main/MEV-relay-list.md

Let us know if you have any feedback or make a pull request at https://github.com/remyroy/ethstaker/blob/main/MEV-relay-list.md

Check out the "Choosing and configuring an MEV solution" section of this guide.