#validators — Rawcall

April 9, 2026

The Price of 50 Milliseconds: What Latency Is Actually Worth to Validators

Optimum's new analysis puts concrete ETH numbers on the value of network latency reduction - 50ms of faster propagation translates to +0.66% APR and 150 ETH/week in additional MEV bid value across the network.

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April 7, 2026

Geography Is Not Neutral: How Block Building Shapes Where Validators Live

A study from Yale, Flashbots, and King's College formalizes what many suspected - Ethereum's block-building architecture systematically drives geographic centralization. The mechanisms are different under local vs. PBS building, and consensus parameters act as hidden geographic levers.

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