Builder Cartel and private order flow should’ve been regulated long ago—when the MEV war kicks off, I’m firmly on the open-source side: privacy by default + censorship resistance is what Ethereum should look like.

EF and Aerugo clarify their new mission: to ensure that Ethereum has an infrastructure that is censorship-resistant, open-source, private, secure, and self-governing, avoiding control by private order flow, Builder Cartel, or intermediary supply chains. MEV may become the next battleground; EF will reduce order flow monopolies, decrease extractive MEV, improve inclusivity, and explore open order flow. Privacy should be a default capability; at the same time, EF is shifting compensation and financial relationships toward ETH and native stablecoins, encouraging teams to directly use and experience Ethereum ecosystem products.