fnerdman
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Subject Matter Expert Heterogeneous Confidential Compute @ Ritual
Joined March 2024
If you're still using SGX for TEEs, you've been living under a rock for the past year. If you're clinging to yocto for TDX, the same fate awaits you. A year ago at my first flashbots onsite, I pushed for TDX when everyone was stuck on SGX. Now, the writing's on the wall again -
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Given all the attention TEEs have received over the last few days, I wrote a piece about a systematic mistake we're making A big part of the story of crypto is identifying the tools we need and then improving them by orders of magnitude (e.g. ZK and permissionless consensus) 👇
We don't evaluate FHE/MPC based on the performance we can achieve today, but rather where we think we can be in 5-10 years with lots of academic work and hardware acceleration Evaluating secure hardware solely based on the products people use today is a mistake
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What's the single reason designing TEE systems is so much more complex than normal software? Trust must be proven through attestation. You can't just assume software running in a TEE is secure - you have to prove it through attestation. This shift from assumed trust to
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Noticed your AI agent deteriorating during marathon vibe sessions? This is the reason: https://t.co/VxxNWfhj1o LLM attention spans are the hidden bottleneck in your coding workflow and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Navigate these constraints and vibe on!
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Ah yes, the good old minimal TCB argument. Yes, I agree. There are niche use cases where minimal TCB should be first priority. But they are very few. If you're developing in an environment where specialized engineering resources are abundant and plentiful, working with SGX might
@fnerdman I respectfully disagree. The TCB for SGX is *a lot* smaller than TDX. It really depends on what you want to do.
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Just read Alex's excellent post on using mkosi as an alternative to Yocto for TDX images: https://t.co/Fx1C6Aw9uU Having worked on our initial Yocto implementation, I'm genuinely impressed by what Alex has accomplished with mkosi in just 2 months. He's addressed all my initial
collective.flashbots.net
Introduction In the world of confidential computing, the integrity and verifiability of every component in a trusted computing base (TCB) is critical. To achieve this, we rely on specialized Linux...
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Ever wondered how to manage processes in a TEE where you can't SSH in to fix things? We're diving deep into the init system conundrum - from systemd to s6 and beyond. Join the discussion:
collective.flashbots.net
The init system - the first process that starts during boot and manages all other processes throughout the system’s lifecycle - presents unique challenges in TEE environments. While init system...
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Rollup-Boost is now available for our Rollups customers 🔼🤖 Add Rollup-Boost to your chain to use TEEs for: → Enabling custom block building → Prioritizing which transactions to include & how they’re ordered → Solving the MEV trilemma We’re working closely with
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Introducing BuilderNet. BuilderNet is a decentralized block building network for Ethereum that runs on TEEs and shares MEV & gas fees with users. An early version of BuilderNet is live today — operated by Flashbots, Beaverbuild, and Nethermind.
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Towards a Common TEE stack with @SuccinctLabs ✧ We're introducing SP1 for SNARK verification to our DCAP attestation suite which supports both Intel SGX and TDX. And: Releasing our Intel TDX Attestation SDK in open source. https://t.co/aLncqp9UjP
blog.ata.network
Introducing Succinct SP1 to the DCAP attestation suite for Intel SGX and TDX
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How can flashbox help achieve your @ETHGlobal goals? If your app runs in Docker Compose, it runs in Podman. If it runs in Podman, flashbox has you covered. No complex setup, no special container modifications needed - just bring your container config and run it with confidential
The painful times when using TEEs required niche knowledge are over. Announcing flashbox... One command and ⚡️ you've got yourself a TDX 📦! #Devcon @ETHGlobal
https://t.co/NbHxxUeY9R
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The painful times when using TEEs required niche knowledge are over. Announcing flashbox... One command and ⚡️ you've got yourself a TDX 📦! #Devcon @ETHGlobal
https://t.co/NbHxxUeY9R
github.com
Contribute to flashbots/flashbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Being an Ethereum rollup is a competitive advantage. Some thoughts on how L2s can apply L1 innovations in MEV redistribution, censorship resistance, and auction design.
@SheaKetsdever, Product Manager at Flashbots, covered "MEV Alignment: How Ethereum’s History with MEV Can Help Rollups Win"
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