Information is the New Money
summary
Argues that blockchains treat information like money and that MEV-Share and MEV-Boost are currently the practical but centralized fixes that enable private auctions and value redistribution, working “good enough for now” but creating harmful centralization. Claims private smart contracts (TEEs, committees, MPC, FHE, differential privacy) strictly expand auction designs—VCG sealed‑bid examples require privacy—and outlines Suave primitives as a layer combining SGX, crypto and economic incentives to decentralize privacy and restore more powerful, trustless mechanisms.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Unifying MEV and economics
- 4:25Mechanism design history
- 11:16Privacy and crypto roadmap
- 15:09The Suave vision
- 18:51Future outlook and Q&A
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