Relay Inclusion Lists

This post details how relay inclusion lists increase Ethereum’s censorship resistance while preserving validators’ risk-reward balance. We then propose a rule for constructing relay inclusion lists that is efficient and resilient to outliers, along with enforcement procedures that integrate seamlessly with existing block validation.

In addition, it introduces relay inclusion lists (rILs), a way to immediately improve Ethereum’s censorship resistance without introducing protocol changes, new trust assumptions, or significant technical complexity. The design is intended as a new default feature for non-censoring relays, with an opt-out option provided to accommodate validator preference.