Request For Proposals: Decentralized Sequencer Selection

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Whisk-y: should we use Whisk for sequencer selection?

Whisk-y is a sequencer selection protocol proposal tailored for Aztec, based on George Kadianakis’ “Whisk: A Practical Shuffle-based SSLE Protocol for Ethereum” published on ethresearch in January 2022. This proposal unabashedly adapts the Whisk protocol to suit Aztec’s requirements. Its primary goal is to offer a reasonably fair and cryptographically secure method for selecting a lead sequencer from a permissionless set for a specific time duration. Key benefits of Whisk include its ability to …