What is Blockspace?

Blockspace is a for-profit Ethereum infrastructure company dedicated to researching, building, and maintaining out-of-protocol software. Created in tandem with the open-source Blockspace Forum, the company focuses on improving the economics, robustness, and performance of Ethereum's transaction pipeline, particularly in preparation for major network upgrades like enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS).

The company's business model is strictly aligned with the Ethereum ecosystem, monetizing entirely in ETH. By operating infrastructure and participating in network staking, Blockspace earns fees from the transactions included in the blocks it produces, subsequently compounding those earnings. To mitigate centralization risks, the firm has committed to a self-imposed cap, pledging to hold no more than 15% of the network's total staked ETH.