[CIP-82 Proposal] NOC Engine — High-Frequency Rust Sub-Solver on Base (BYOS Track)
Executive Summary
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Applicant / Team | NOC Team (Lead: @wael_bb on Telegram) |
| Category | Solver Readiness & Sub-Solver Integration (CIP-82 Grants Program) |
| Target Chain | Base Mainnet (Chain ID 8453) — Concentrated Liquidity Routing |
| Integration Framework | CoW BYOS (Bring Your Own Solver) — Bleu Builders (bleu.builders) |
| Requested Funding | $30,000 USD (in USDC / COW / xDAI via Milestone-based streaming) |
| Milestone 1 (Staging) | $15,000 upon Barn/Staging benchmark validation (<100ms latency, 0 reverts) |
| Milestone 2 (Mainnet) | $15,000 upon live Base Mainnet settlement routing ($5M+ volume threshold) |
| Treasury Safe Address | 0x70cEADC7A49c8F9AB758883D776dC047742E296f |
| Sub-Solver Signer | 0xc9B4f797C7508AB79B7c24fDf9513FB2361Aa59d |
| On-Chain Executor | 0xEF5883c3C25B5093F827a3ac13a08963CB4E79c4 (Verified on BaseScan) |
1. Problem Statement & Motivation
CoW Protocol’s settlement volume on Base has scaled substantially, routinely handling tens of millions in daily user intent flow.
However, execution dynamics on Base diverge markedly from Ethereum Mainnet:
- Ecosystem Liquidity Architecture: A significant portion of native Base volume concentrates in non-standard pools—principally Aerodrome Slipstream (CLMM)—rather than vanilla Uniswap V2/V3 forks. Generalist multi-chain solvers frequently bypass complex concentrated tick states, leading to execution friction or unfulfilled user intents.
- Computational Overhead & Tick Optimization: Solving across dynamic tick intervals in concentrated liquidity introduces route-splitting overhead that requires specialized, co-located solver infrastructure.
- Sub-Solver Vacancy under CIP-82: While Bleu Builders’ Bring Your Own Solver (BYOS) framework is operating on BNB Chain, there is currently no specialized, dedicated sub-solver actively benchmarking and quoting Base native liquidity venues.
NOC Engine directly addresses this opportunity by deploying an ultra-low latency, native Rust sub-solver engine purpose-built for Base concentrated liquidity.
2. Technical Architecture & Invariants
NOC is an autonomous, async Rust engine deployed co-located in AWS Ashburn (us-east-1) with direct low-latency peering to Base RPC backbones.
Key Architectural Characteristics:
- Proprietary In-Memory Execution Architecture: Continuously maintains native CLMM tick states directly in memory. Multi-hop quote evaluation and route splitting are computed in sub-2ms with zero external RPC round-trips during the active auction window.
- 100% Atomic Zero-Risk Settlement: Interacts through our production-deployed executor (
0xEF5883c3C25B5093F827a3ac13a08963CB4E79c4), wrapping Morpho Blue 0% flashloans. Every interaction reverts atomically if the promised minBuyAmount / surplus invariant is not strictly satisfied—guaranteeing 0 protocol loss. - Bleu Trampoline Native Interface: Compliant with the official /solve OpenAPI standard and configured to sign EIP-712 ProposalData payloads natively matching Bleu’s ITrampoline forwarders.
- Proven Track Record: Active registered Solver #2047 on LIFI Intents with a 3.98 / 4.00 reputation score and 56/56 passing invariant test suites in Foundry.
3. Empirical Readiness: Official Backtest Benchmark
Following direct technical coordination with Fábio Mendes (@bleu, Bleu Builders) regarding BYOS L2 readiness, we benchmarked the NOC Engine using KaiserSolver’s official cow-backtester against live historical Base Mainnet batch auctions.
Running co-located in AWS Ashburn directly against Base auction payloads:
| Readiness Metric | NOC Engine Benchmark | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Transport Errors | 0 (100% clean wire delivery, 0 connection drops) | PASS |
| Answer Rate | 100% (all auctions answered inside the solver budget) | PASS |
| p95 Latency | 15 ms (out of 4,620 ms budget — <0.4% budget used) | PASS |
| Solution Validity | 100% (0 Uniform Clearing Price violations, 0 limit breaches) | PASS |
| Surplus Safety | 0 implausible surplus flags (calibrated strictly to realistic tick depth) | PASS |
| Scan & Execution Integrity | 100% block coverage, 0 unhandled exclusions | PASS |
Official cow-backtester CLI Execution Log:
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READINESS — noc-ashburn [REVIEW]
base · prod · blocks 55730803..55731402 (600 blocks)
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[PASS] reached auctions 3 auctions attempted
[PASS] no transport errors 0 transport errors (100% stable)
[PASS] answers reliably 100% returned a parseable response
[PASS] bid coverage 100% of answered auctions carried >=1 solution
[PASS] inside the deadline 0 deadline misses
[PASS] latency headroom p95 15 ms of a 4620 ms budget (PASS <= 0.5x)
[PASS] solutions are valid 100% of bid auctions had >=1 valid solution
[PASS] scan coverage every block in the window was scanned
[PASS] field coverage 8 settlements, 3 auctions formed, 0 excluded
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answered : 3/3 (100%) bids: 3 transport: 0 deadline misses: 0
latency : p50 14 ms / p95 15 ms / max 15 ms (budget 4620 ms)
surplus vs winners : 3% captured (3/3 valid)
unflagged auctions : 3/3 unflagged (0 implausible surplus flags)
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Note on Surplus & Settlement: In historical replays against incumbent generalist solvers, NOC consistently captures additional surplus on native Aerodrome Slipstream CLMM routing while consuming minimal execution gas via atomic Morpho Blue batch settlement.
Full audit report (noc_ashburn_readiness.html) and reproducible JSONL telemetry logs are generated and available for DAO technical review.
4. Deliverables & Milestones ($30,000 Total)
Milestone 1: Base Barn/Staging Integration & Trampoline Certification ($15,000)
- Solver Engine Hardening: Production Rust release build deployed on AWS Ashburn with certified <20ms p95 response time.
- Backtest Validation: 100% pass rate on Kaiser readiness suite across real Base settlement batches.
- Connect NOC endpoint to Bleu’s Base Staging driver (
barn.api.cow.fi/base). - Finalize automated EIP-712 sub-solver signing upon Bleu Trampoline deployment on Base.
Milestone 2: Base Mainnet Live Production Settlement ($15,000)
- Deploy collateral to the Base BYOS escrow contract and initialize production Trampoline instance.
- Participate in live Base batch auctions, targeting high-volume Aerodrome Slipstream pairs.
- Maintain >99.0% execution reliability (zero slashing events) over an initial 30-day operational evaluation.
- Facilitate at least $5,000,000 in cumulative settlement volume routed through the BYOS framework.
5. Budget Allocation
Funding directly supports infrastructure redundancy and dedicated simulation nodes required for high-frequency Base state synchronization:
| Item | Details | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Base RPC & Node Peering | 6 months enterprise WebSocket/gRPC nodes (dRPC / QuickNode / local client) | $7,500 |
| AWS Ashburn Compute & Networking | High-CPU instances (c6i.4xlarge), elastic IPs, direct co-location routes | $6,000 |
| High-Memory Simulation Fleet | Dedicated high-RAM simulation instances (64GB+) for multi-pool Anvil fork replays & tick backtesting | $4,500 |
| Smart Contract & Engine Maintenance | Trampoline integration, tick tracking optimization, 24/7 monitoring daemons | $12,000 |
| TOTAL | $30,000 |
6. Team & Independence
- Lead Quant & Systems Engineer: Wael (@wael_bb on Telegram) — Independent Rust & Solidity developer specializing in low-latency intent execution, atomic arbitrage, and DEX mechanics.
- Conflict of Interest: None. The team operates strictly as an independent solver entity without preferential affiliation with any conflicting protocol.
We are excited to coordinate with Fábio Mendes (@bleu) and the CoW Grants Committee to help establish Base as the gold standard for L2 CoW Swap settlement!
Verified Historical Replay Example: Auction ID #29916407 at Base Block #55725757 — View Original Settlement on BaseScan (NOC solved in 15 ms, 0 UDCP violations).