| Proposal Title | Author(s) | Phase | Date Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide an unconditional ecosystem grant to brainbot gmbh (July 2026) | brainbot gmbh | On-chain | 3 July 2026 |
Proposal
Provide a one time grant of $107,000 to brainbot gmbh (June 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
- Improve EIP Design (key withholding, optimized execution, etc.)
- Draft execution and consensus specs
- Launch and grow an “Encrypt The Mempool!” coalition
- Launch out-of-protocol EM with Primev + builders
- Explore encrypting DEXes
Private Voting Priorities
- Munich real-world private voting project finished
- At least one additional real-world private voting project secured
- Snapshot Permanent Private Voting Alpha released and communicated
- Release a shared agents blog post and PoC
Misc Priorities
- Release decrypted Ethereum Time Capsule entries
- Propose a blueprint for a Shutter PEN
- 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
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Vote “No” to not provide a grant
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Vote “Abstain” if you do not have an opinion but want to help the vote reach quorum