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EIP-8184

LUCID encrypted mempool

Public encrypted mempool for commit-before-reveal inclusion of MEV-sensitive transactions, without enshrining a specific encryption scheme.

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Status history

  1. Draft4 Mar 2026

Abstract

This EIP specifies LUCID, a mechanism for carrying encrypted transactions through Ethereum's public inclusion pipeline while keeping their contents hidden until after the scheduling decision has been fixed. By requiring commitment before reveal and delaying decryption until that point, LUCID protects MEV-sensitive order flow, limits probabilistic front-running by minimizing pre-execution…

Created
4 Mar 2026
Authors
Anders Elowsson, Justin Florentine, Julian Ma
Upgrades
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Requires
EIP-2718EIP-7805
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