We're proud to join the new Encrypt the Mempool! Coalition, a community effort to protect Ethereum users from front running, sandwich attacks, and real-time censorship.
Together with Ethereum client teams, developers and researchers, infrastructure teams, wallets, and community members, we are pushing for one clear goal:
Encrypt Ethereum’s public mempool in the upcoming I* hardfork.
Launch Members
We join Besu, BTCS, EigenPhi, Erigon, EthDaily, EVMavericks, Fairblock, Nethermind, Nillion, Octant, Primev, Quasar Builder, SeedGov, The Blockchain Socialist, The Interfold, Walletbeat, Web3Privacy Now in supporting this effort.
Why This Coalition Matters
The cost of toxic MEV is real
Since 2020, more than $1.8 billion has been drained from Ethereum users through MEV, much of it from malicious tactics like front running and sandwich attacks.
This is not an abstract problem. It affects real users whenever transaction contents are visible before ordering is fixed.
Encrypted mempools address this at the root by hiding transaction contents until they are locked in by the chain. That removes the visibility attackers rely on for front running, sandwich attacks, and real-time censorship.
Private mempools are not enough
Private mempools, often accessed through private RPCs, have helped reduce some of the harm users face today. But they were never meant to be the final solution.
Sandwich attacks can still slip through, and users have to rely on trusted third parties to protect their transactions.
That means depending on a small group of operators who can see transactions before they are confirmed. Users have to trust those operators not to leak, reorder, censor, or exploit their transactions. That visibility creates a real point of failure.
Encrypted mempools take a different approach. Transactions stay hidden from absolutely everyone until ordering is fixed. No operator, partner, future sequencer, or infrastructure provider should be able to see transaction contents before confirmation.
Ethereum needs stronger protection guarantees
Ethereum cannot go mainstream if users, apps, and institutions still face the risk of being front-run whenever they transact.
For many institutions, stronger protection guarantees are not just nice to have. They are a prerequisite for using Ethereum at scale.
And as more chains look to implement encrypted mempools, Ethereum should take the lead - not fall behind.
Join the Coalition
The Encrypt the Mempool! Coalition is open to anyone who wants to encrypt Ethereum’s mempool to protect users from toxic MEV and real-time censorship.
Ethereum client teams, developers and researchers, infrastructure teams, wallets, and community members can all help move this forward.
Join the coalition and help make Ethereum a place where normies, degens, institutions, and everyone else can transact safely.
Encrypt the mempool!
