Validators

You should run Interstate Sidecar because you will earn additional fees at no slashing risk. You will also help improve Ethereum UX massively, helping it achieve Solana level confirmation times and allow features like allowing apps to provide their users gasless transactions.

Where do the fees come from?

The fees come from users who want to buy blockspace in advance of an upcoming block. An extremely simplified way to put it is we are auctioning the inclusion list rights into flashbots. We limit the types of transactions that are eligible to be preconfered, so the block builder doesn't lose MEV opportunity.

Your average revenue per block will be >= the current value per block running us.

Testnet Deployment

We support the open source commit-boost standard for proposer commitment modules, and it should take you less than half an hour for a testnet deployment.

To deploy today request access to our quickstart repository by reaching out to us on telegram (preferred) or email

For mainnet deployment, you should start by running a few validators on mainnet and monitor the average revenue per block. Given the block rewards are >= current block rewards, you should feel free to scale to your full set of validators. We are in conversations to bring access to every major DVT provider and staking platform. We have a dedicated ops team that will that is available 24/7 to help you through mainnet deployment.