A week ago we all watched with great anticipation as Ethereum completed The Merge, moving the network to Proof of Stake consensus. This was also the launch of Eden Relay, now a part of the consensus layer that connects block builders to block producers/validators.

To celebrate one week of Ethereum PoS and Eden Relay, we bring you the first volume of a new blog series: Number Crunching. Each volume will provide insight into an Eden Network product through high level stats*, giving you, the reader, some context into how we are doing.

So without further ado, we present Number Crunching volume one:

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Validators connected to Eden Relay (but likely more when you read this) 🔥

37

Eden Relay blocks sent to validators 📬

2.159

Largest Eden Relay ETH block reward 🏆

0.168

Average ETH block reward for Eden Relay blocks 📈

0.061

Average ETH block reward for all relays** combined (i.e. nearly a third of the value of Eden blocks) 😉

248,128

ETH TVL of Rocket Pool, a top validator that just connected to Eden Relay 🚀

224,000

Approx. ETH TVL of Chorus One, another top validator that just connected to Eden Relay 🎵

12

Cups of coffee our lead dev consumed while waiting for The Merge ☕

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Overall, we are very pleased with the first week figures. Our goal with Eden Relay is to aid decentralization in the consensus layer by providing free infrastructure to block builders, and to continually optimize validator rewards through our block rebuilding research. The results so far are promising, but we believe we have only scratched the surface and are excited for what's to come.

Interested in connecting to Eden Relay? Start with our docs here.

Any other stats you'd like us to share in future volumes? Tweet at us or tell us in Discord.

*All figures correct at time of publishing. See current Eden Relay stats here.
**Non mev-boost relays