Ethereum’s public mempool has always been a double-edged sword.
On one hand, it reflects the openness of the network and allows for auditability. On the other, that same openness creates an “exploit window,” where pending transactions can be seen and acted upon before they’re finalized. This fuels harmful
What if your AI could launch time-locked encrypted workflows with just a few prompts?
That’s now possible with today’s release of the testnet alpha of Shutter MCP, powered by Shutter API.
With Shutter MCP, your AI can set up and run:
* Sealed-bid request for proposals
* Sealed bug bounties
Encrypted mempools dramatically reduce censorship and malicious MEV, but face limitations such as potential collusion, rigid setups, and added latency. In this article, we’ll explore advanced, deployable cryptographic primitives - beyond FHE and MPC - that can address these limitations.
Glamsterdam is Ethereum’s next big upgrade - and a chance to dramatically improve decentralization and censorship resistance. Shutter supports prioritizing EIP-7732 (ePBS) and EIP-7805 (FOCIL), with encrypted mempools and silent threshold encryption proposed as powerful future implementations.
Not all MEV is bad. Arbitrage and liquidations help DeFi run smoothly - but front-running and sandwich attacks exploit users. Shutter’s encrypted mempools stop the malicious kind while preserving the good, restoring fairness without killing efficiency. Here's how it works.
DAO voters have long demanded permanent private voting. It’s now on Shutter’s roadmap. This post shares the architecture and a working POC showing how we’re extending threshold-encrypted voting with ElGamal-based homomorphic tallying - so votes are counted in the encrypted state and remain private.
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