<aside> 💡 These are rough estimates based on conversations with various relay operators. Important caveats:
First, your location, existing know-how & staffing, SLA requirements, legal/regulatory considerations, and other factors may make the figures listed here not comparable to realized costs that you may face when running an MEV relay.
Second, these estimates and tech stacks for individual relay operators may evolve and change over time and this document may not always reflect the most current information (though we will do our best to keep this up-to-date and relevant!).
Third, it is important to keep in mind that MEV-boost is still a nascent piece of software that has not been in production for all that long (recall that the Merge occurred in September 2022, at which point MEV-boost went live with a portion of the validator set). MEV is constantly evolving, as are ways to democratize & re-distribute its negative externalities. We encourage responsible experimentation with different approaches to harnessing, mitigating, and/or tackling this.
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Cost and tech stack benchmarking
*Click into individual entries in the database above for additional commentary collected from the operator
*Please refer to Resources for additional detail and resources.
source: https://docs.rocketpool.net/guides/node/vps/providers.html#provider-comparison-placeholders