Request For Proposals: Decentralized Sequencer Selection

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[Proposal] Sequencer Selection: Cookie Jar!

Title Cookie Jar Proposed by Zac Williamson, Cooper Kunz Summary We propose a privacy-preserving sequencer selection algorithm that employs a bidding mechanism to determine the right to create a rollup in a fully decentralized network, based off of Ethereum 2.0’s current proof of stake mechanism. In Aztec, block producers must be known ahead of time as they coordinate block production (i.e., they post block state to the L2 gossip network, accept proofs from the proof pool, and coordinate ro…