EIP-7441

Upgrade block proposer election to Whisk

Allow elected block proposers to remain private until block publishing, to prevent DoS attacks

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Draft1 Sep 2023
Stagnantdate not observed

Abstract

Upgrades the block proposer election mechanism to Whisk, a single secret leader election (SSLE) protocol. Currently, block proposers are publicly known in advance, sufficiently to allow sequential DoS attacks that could disable Ethereum. This upgrade allows the next block proposer to remain secret until its block is published.

Created: 1 Sep 2023
Authors: George Kadianakis, Justin Drake, dapplion
Upgrades: Not listed in any upgrade
Requires: —
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