bloXroute Labs, an Ethereum relay provider, has announced that effective immediately, its MEV Relays will start rejecting blocks that contain transactions (Tx) sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), specifically those interacting with addresses on the OFAC SDN list. This decision marks the first case of an entity rejecting entire blocks due to the presence of sanctioned addresses, a move that has been described as a concerning precedent for the industry and could potentially evolve into 51% attacks. Alongside this policy change, bloXroute has introduced the Validator Gateway, a tool designed to maximize MEV profitability for Ethereum validators by optimizing proposal timing, reaffirming their commitment to supporting the Ethereum network.
#Bloxroute to Reject #Ethereum Blocks With #OFAC Flagged Transactions https://t.co/x3o34KWYdt
#Bloxroute to Reject Blocks With #OFAC Flagged Transactions https://t.co/x3o34KWYdt
🚀 Introducing the Validator Gateway 🚀 The bloXroute Validator Gateway is built from the ground up for Ethereum validators. A tool designed to maximize MEV profitability by optimizing proposal timing.
Ethereum relay provider bloXroute has announced that it will begin rejecting transactions containing addresses on the U.S. sanctions list. All bloXroute relays will reject block bids if they contain OFAC transactions (Tx which interact with addresses appearing on the OFAC SDN…
ICYMI: BloXrout will reject transactions with OFAC-blacklisted addresses https://t.co/nzDI40IeNe
*BLOXROUT WILL REJECT TRANSACTIONS WITH OFAC-BLACKLISTED ADDRESSES - THE BLOCK
BloXrout will reject transactions with OFAC-blacklisted addresses https://t.co/yIjCHFQdXi
While bloXroute is neither a miner nor a validator, this is the first case of someone rejecting whole blocks containing sanctioned addresses. Previous cases were all about not including transactions into block templates. I'll explain why this can evolve into 51% attacks 👇 Some… https://t.co/lHgaTWuwyo
MEV relay firm @bloxXrouteLabs will now be rejecting all blocks containing transactions sanctioned by the @USTreasury’s OFAC department, in what some have described as a "concerning precedent for the industry." https://t.co/YzvsS1VzAX
announcement: bloXroute MEV Relays to reject blocks w/ OFAC tx effective immediately, all bloXroute relays will reject block bids if they contain OFAC transactions (Tx which interact with addresses appearing on the OFAC SDN list) We remain committed to supporting ETH… https://t.co/9kEdAy82yf