Christoph Schlegel
Flashbots
EthCC[9]
Research
Competition through Spam on L2s
Talk
Thursday, April 2nd 2026
10:20 - 10:40
Monroe Stage
Description
Probabilistic backrunning is a popular form of MEV extraction on L2. We document it, propose a model to understand it and discuss implications for sequencer design.
EthCC[8]
DeFi
Cross-Chain Arbitrage
Talk
Thursday, July 3rd 2025
13:25 - 13:45
Monroe Stage
Description
We study cross-chain arbitrage with a profit-cost model and a year-long measurement across nine blockchainsidentifying 242,535 executed arbitrages totaling 868.64 million USD volume.
DeFi
Dark Forest, Public Cloud: Building for speed and scale - Flashbots x Google Cloud Web3.
Talk
Thursday, July 3rd 2025
14:15 - 14:35
Monroe Stage
Description
Flashbots & Google Cloud are excited to share a session on a critical topic for the Ethereum ecosystem: What is the relationship between network proximity and protocol latency?