rpc-endpoint VS pm

You might want to look at their Flashbot Protect RPC. So, you might want to look at this one: https://github.com/flashbots/rpc-endpoint

Ethereum toolset alteady complying with OFAC https://github.com/flashbots/rpc-endpoint/blob/main/server/ofacblacklist.go

Has the Geth team ever considered or been pressured to add blacklist measures similar to those we are currently trying to remove from flashbots? What is the Geth team's stance on node-level blacklists?

how about check the flashbots github and come back with that same energy. i will be calm when everyone else is not, and not calm when they are (like now)

MEVBoost/Flashbot has already blocked all Tornado Cash smart contract addresses: https://github.com/flashbots/rpc-endpoint/pull/90

For the record, it feels like we've all got confused about the MEV-Boost OFAC Blacklist stuff. The changes, and proposed reversion - is on an unrelated repo https://github.com/flashbots/rpc-endpoint. These are RPC endpoints. MEV-Boost itself has no such proposals, and the only discussion i can find in the issues list is a long discussion of maintaining censorship resistance, https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost/issues/215

Get involved in the next public testnet. Holešky testnet (Goerli successor) first launch coordination call June 15, targeting September genesis https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/803

Attend some All Core Dev meetings if you have doubts https://github.com/ethereum/pm

EIP4844 readiness checklist: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/blob/master/Breakout-Room/4844-readiness-checklist.md

Dencun upgrade with EIP4844 is likely later this year, which will bring lower cost Layer 2 transactions. Follow the readiness of EIP4844: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/blob/master/Breakout-Room/4844-readiness-checklist.md Prague + E starname upgrade is probably 2024, possibly focused on EOF, then followed by a Verkle tree focused upgrade, but none of this has been decided.

There's an EIP 4844 readiness checklist.

The live date for the Shanghai upgrade is likely to be April 12, occurring at epoch number 620,9536. This was announced during the All Core Developers Execution Layer #157 call on 16 March 2023.

On December 8, 2022, the Ethereum core team held an All Core Developers (ACD) meeting. The Ethereum team agreed to target March 2023 as the release date for Shanghai’s mainnet launch. However, this is a tentative date based on the assumption that the Zhejiang, Sepolia, and Goerli testnets are successful.

Shanghai is the next major upgrade for the Ethereum network, following the Merge in September 2022. Key highlights of what to expect include: