Collection of know-how and tips for running mev-boost-relay at scale, based on the experience from operating the Flashbots relays.

Last updates:

• 2023-05-23 by @metachris: info about Redis performance tuning
• June 26, 2023 by @metachris: link database migration guide

Table of contents

Links

• https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost-relay
• https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost-relay/issues
• Forum: https://collective.flashbots.net/c/relays/15
• Relay Data API: https://flashbots.github.io/relay-specs

Architecture diagram

This is a high-level overview of the relay infrastructure (arrows indicating the direction of requests).

(source: Excalidraw)

General