How Do MEV-boost Auctions Attempt to Democratize Access to MEV?

MEV-Boost is a system that separates the roles of block building and block proposing in Proof-of-Stake Ethereum. Proposers (validators) outsource the complex task of building a profitable block to a competitive market of third-party builders.

These builders create full blocks with MEV-extracting transactions and bid for their inclusion. The proposer simply selects the most profitable block bundle without needing to know its contents, thus democratizing access to MEV revenue beyond just large, sophisticated staking pools.