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benhenryhunter / missedSlotBids.md
Last active March 22, 2024 03:09
Over a roughly 2 hour window, the max profit relay delivered 9 blocks that failed to be added to chain due to wrong block hash. The relay’s auto demotion check was not working correctly to demote this builder.
[
{
"slot": "8366820",
"parent_hash": "0x27dcb717d5921af93e2b56a82f546e1c11b33619238510cbe36e4d8c43f446a8",
"block_hash": "0x6868f8e474a163bb17f39d05847aa8e3f1b38db3cca0dfc9bd139db1da8dcde2",
"builder_pubkey": "0x8e6df6e0a9ca3fd89db2aa2f3daf77722dc4fbcd15e285ed7d9560fdf07b7d69ba504add4cc12ac999b8094ff30ed06c",
"proposer_pubkey": "0xb6d5424e28a738d002c96a19db7434fff22877272649e0ca38b579bb44398f3977f43af6c055414b7a71ec2bd7cb8480",
"proposer_fee_recipient": "0x72FDdC41CA177551Ce5949C75a92b945eFa04141",
"gas_limit": "30000000",
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spalladino / falsehoods-that-ethereum-programmers-believe.md
Last active March 8, 2024 14:34
Falsehoods that Ethereum programmers believe

Falsehoods that Ethereum programmers believe

I recently stumbled upon Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones, which got a good laugh out of me. It reminded me of other great lists of falsehoods, such as about names or time, and made me look for an equivalent for Ethereum. Having found none, here is my humble contribution to this set.

About Gas

Calling estimateGas will return the gas required by my transaction

Calling estimateGas will return the gas that your transaction would require if it were mined now. The current state of the chain may be very different to the state in which your tx will get mined. So when your tx i