# Ethereum researchers publish three designs for faster blocks and data on who pays for the front of the block

A revised "rapidblocks" consensus lets one block be skipped without a reorganization, a new EIP-8411 tier speeds publishing by home builders, and a 15-month dataset measures priority fees by block position.

- Published: 2026-10-14T05:36:59.411Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-14/ethereum-researchers-publish-three-designs-for-faster-blocks
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/rapidblocks-take-two-a-pipelined-consensus-for-independent-blocks/26152), [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/informed-diffusion-making-home-builders-publish-fast/26151), [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/measuring-priority-fees-positions-and-transaction-classification-of-ethereum-blocks-july-2025-to-october-2026/26156)

Three posts on the Ethereum Research forum this week address how fast Ethereum can produce blocks and who gains from the order of transactions inside them. The first, "Rapidblocks, take two," revises a proposal from last year for blocks tha…

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