# Provide a grant to brainbot gmbh (August 2026)

**URL:** <https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/provide-a-grant-to-brainbot-gmbh-august-2026/926>\
**Category:** SD 0x36 Proposals\
**Created:** [July 31, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/provide-a-grant-to-brainbot-gmbh-august-2026/926 "2026-07-31T12:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loring-Brainbot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/shutternetwork.discourse.group/loring-brainbot/32/535_2.png) [@Loring-Brainbot](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/u/Loring-Brainbot)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/provide-a-grant-to-brainbot-gmbh-august-2026/926/1 "2026-07-31T12:48:04Z")

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| Proposal Title | Author(s) | Phase | Date Created |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provide an unconditional ecosystem grant to brainbot gmbh (August 2026) | brainbot gmbh | On-chain | 31 July 2026 |

## Proposal

Provide a one time grant of $107,000 to brainbot gmbh (August 2026):

- 107,000 USDC

## Context

brainbot gmbh has been involved in various research, development, and ecosystem-related activities in the Shutter ecosystem, including but not limited to the following areas:

**Encrypted Mempool Priorities**

1. Improve EIP Design (key withholding, optimized execution, etc.)
2. Draft execution and consensus specs
3. Launch and grow an “Encrypt The Mempool!” coalition
4. Launch out-of-protocol EM with Primev + builders
5. Explore encrypting DEXes

**Private Voting Priorities**

1. Munich real-world private voting project finished
2. At least one additional real-world private voting project secured
3. Snapshot Permanent Private Voting Alpha released and communicated
4. Release a shared agents blog post and PoC

**Misc Priorities**

1. Release decrypted Ethereum Time Capsule entries
2. Propose a blueprint for a Shutter PEN
3. Grow Shutter Champions (ecosystem growth program)

To support brainbot’s contribution, this grant is provided as voluntary support. This grant does not compensate for specific services, work, deliverables, or availability, and does not create any obligation to perform work for the DAO.

## Team

brainbot gmbh currently has 6.22 FTEs working on Shutter - 0.2 CEO, 0.67 Admin, 1.25 Business, 0.7 MarComs, 3.4 Developers.

## Disbursement Method and Schedule

If passed, Shutter DAO 0x36 will disburse the following assets to the brainbot gmbh address (0xb75E2fB01521Bd7b6369F831414840A54a3C7234) on Ethereum Mainnet upon approval of this proposal:

- 107,000 USDC

## Platform

Onchain voting

## Voting Options

Vote “Yes” to provide a grant to brainbot gmbh

OR

Vote “No” to not provide a grant

OR

Vote “Abstain” if you do not have an opinion but want to help the vote reach quorum

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**Author:** ![czepluch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@czepluch](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/u/czepluch)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/provide-a-grant-to-brainbot-gmbh-august-2026/926/2 "2026-08-11T18:34:14Z")

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Am I understanding correctly that you’ve cut FTEs from 8.2 to 6.2 since June but haven’t adjusted the grant amount accordingly?

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**Author:** ![czepluch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@czepluch](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/u/czepluch)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/provide-a-grant-to-brainbot-gmbh-august-2026/926/3 "2026-08-11T18:36:29Z")

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Alright, just went further back and checked. It seems May had a higher grant amount and June lowered to 107k, but still showed 8.25 FTE. That explains my confusion at least.