Provide a grant to brainbot gmbh (September 2026)

Shutter DAO 0x36 SD 0x36 Proposals
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Proposal Title Author(s) Phase Date Created
Provide an unconditional ecosystem grant to brainbot gmbh (September 2026) brainbot gmbh On-chain 31 Aug 2026

Proposal

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

  • 97,272.00 sUSDS

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:

  • 97,272.00 sUSDS

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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Axia supports continued funding for brainbot as Shutter’s core research, development, ecosystem, and operational contributor. The August update provides useful evidence of continued work across Keyper operations, encrypted-mempool research, private voting, and ecosystem programs, while also identifying several dependencies outside brainbot’s direct control.

Given the recurring nature of this support, Axia encourages brainbot to continue reporting progress against each priority as completed, progressing, externally blocked, or reprioritized, and to confirm whether the FTE and high-level cost allocation shared in July remains materially unchanged. Clarifying the valuation used for the sUSDS disbursement would also make the treasury request easier to assess.