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Malicious MEV has been a problem on Ethereum for years. Traders get sandwiched. NFT mints get front run. Transactions get censored in real-time. All of these issues come from the same root cause - by default your transaction sits visible in the public mempool before it gets included in a

We're excited to announce that Shutter and Primev are partnering to bring the first threshold encrypted mempool to Ethereum's out-of-protocol transaction supply chain, PBS (Proposer-Builder Separation). This integration targets the long standing issue of front running, sandwich attacks, and real-time censorship across the PBS pathway, which

What if you could confidently just vote from your phone? Imagine having no lines or polling stations. Your vote goes in fully secure and your choice remains absolutely secret. There aren’t any ballot counters because even the government isn’t allowed to see for whom you voted. However, anyone,

Today we’re excited to share The State of Private Voting 2026, a report prepared by the Shutter and Privacy Stewards of Ethereum (PSE) teams. The report provides a comprehensive look at the current landscape of private voting protocols on Ethereum. The report introduces a structured evaluation framework for assessing

Shutter API is Getting Smarter If you’ve been following our work, you already know what Shutter API is all about - bringing fairness, privacy, and trust-minimization to dApps through commit-reveal threshold encryption. In simple terms, it lets dApps keep sensitive data - like votes, bids, or game moves -

We’re excited to announce that Shutter and Snapshot are partnering to bring Permanent Shielded Voting to all DAOs using Snapshot. This new system will use a form of linear threshold-homomorphic encryption (specifically ElGamal) in combination with zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring that every individual vote remains permanently private while voting results

Blog post was co-written with Samuel Huber, dTech.vision. Building a mini app on Farcaster used to sound like rocket science. Now it’s as easy as opening ChatGPT, typing “make me a prediction market,” and watching your idea come to life. Generative AI turned what used to take a

The Scale of the Problem If you’re part of a DAO, you already know the numbers are big. Treasuries collectively hold billions of dollars, and every year hundreds of millions flow out on audits, grants, marketing, and tooling. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: a lot of that money

Explore how Shutter uses threshold encryption to fight MEV, its strengths and trade-offs.