protect: Add "Nonce Management" page to document eth_getTransactionCount behavior.
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eth_getTransactionCount behavior.eth_getTransactionCount behavior.
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| To authenticate your request, Flashbots endpoints require you to sign the payload and include the signed payload in the `X-Flashbots-Signature` header of your request. | ||
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We might want to (instead, or in addition) link directly to the authentication section in our API docs https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/advanced/rpc-endpoint#authentication.
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I thought about that, but that section is relay-specific so includes some wording such as:
Any valid ECDSA-secp256k1 key, like an arbitrary Ethereum key, can be used to sign the payload. The address associated with this key will be used by Flashbots to keep track of your reputation over time and provide user statistics. You can change the key you use at any time.
That conflicts with the usage here.
| Normally, a wallet can call `eth_getTransactionCount` to get the next nonce to use for a transaction. | ||
| However, since transactions sent to Flashbots Protect are potentially sensitive, even exposing the incremented nonce can leak information about the user's activity. | ||
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| As such, Flashbots Protect requires that all requests to `eth_getTransactionCount` be signed by the user when querying the `"pending"` nonce. |
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I might specify that if the request is signed, the response will include pending private transactions in the tx count. If the request is unsigned, the response will only include pending public transactions. (Falls back to the default behavior).
Right now it sounds like you can't even get a response if you don't sign the request which isn't 100% true.
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Yup good call, will update!
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Updated! I'll re-read it again for clarity tomorrow morning then merge.
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