New research on Ethereum suggests a decentralized random block proposal system to replace the current architecture that has concentrated power among a few entities.
Despite Ethereum’s (ETH) shift to Proof of Stake and adoption of Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS), approximately 80% of Ethereum blocks are currently proposed by just two entities. This concentration undermines the network’s decentralized foundation and allows these entities to hold most of the maximum extractable value (MEV).
The proposed solution would fundamentally change Ethereum’s block creation process. Instead of specialized builders constructing blocks, all Ethereum clients (like Geth and Nethermind) would use an identical random algorithm to select transactions and roll-up blobs from their local mempools.
This randomization would ensure no entity could predict or control transaction ordering. As per the research, this…
