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Fast Protocol

What is Fast Protocol?

Overview of the incentive-aligned mev distribution system built on mev-commit.

What are Fast Swaps?

How Fast Swaps lets you trade tokens on Ethereum while earning mev rewards.

What is FAST RPC?

The drop-in Ethereum RPC that enables preconfirmations for any wallet or dapp.

What is Fastx402?

Sub-second USDC payments for AI agents on Ethereum mainnet.

Why should validators opt in?

Understanding why opting in to Fast Protocol is rational and profitable.

Preconfirmations

What is Execution Preconfirmations?

How mev-commit enforces execution guarantees and slashing for failed preconfirmed transactions.

What Happens During an Execution Preconf?

End-to-end flow from a searcher’s perspective — submitting bids and receiving commitments.

How Do Preconfs Work?

The provider side — analyzing bids, generating commitments, and verifying execution.

Bidding & Economics

What is the Deposit Amount?

Learn about deposit amounts required for bidding and their significance.

How to Price a Bid

Bid pricing formula factoring in priority fees, timing, and state contention.

Why do I receive the same commitment when resending a bid?

Why deterministic ECDSA cryptography produces identical commitments for identical inputs.

How Do Rewards and Slashing Work?

Simplified overview of how mev-commit incentivizes honest behavior.

Tooling & Setup

What is Foundry?

Foundry’s role in smart contract development within the mev-commit ecosystem.

Why is cast necessary for mev-commit chain interactions?

How cast simplifies blockchain interactions on the mev-commit chain.

EigenLayer Operator Registration

Step-by-step guide to registering as an EigenLayer operator for the mev-commit AVS.

Troubleshooting

How do I fix the error: "failed to read msg: stream reset"?

Resolving the stream reset error for provider nodes in the mev-commit network.