Product & Protocol

We appreciate the thoughtful perspectives of the analysts at a16z Crypto on the limitations and potential of encrypted mempools in addressing MEV (Maximal Extractable Value). Their recent blog post raises valid points and highlights genuine challenges. That said, we see several key issues differently and offer a perspective informed by

CZ recently called for a dark pool-style perp DEX - but there’s no need to build a full FHE dark pool. Shutter API for Shielded Trading offers a scalable solution today using threshold encryption to stop malicious MEV across DEXs, OTC desks, and derivatives.

On-chain governance has gone mainstream - but every public vote is a signal that can be bought and coerced. There remains a huge privacy gap in how decisions are made. Shutter aims to help close it with on-chain Shielded Voting.

Censorship resistance and decentralization are core to public blockchains, ensuring open, permissionless access. But in today’s world of bots, AI, and memecoin mania, these founding principles are too often forgotten.

Many of the riskiest dApps on Ethereum today share the same fatal flaw: they rely on a broken and unprotected transaction system. Whether it's NFT drops, token launches, Web3 games, or betting platforms, unprotected dApps are getting hijacked by bots, insiders, and high-rollers.

To showcase our recently launched Shutter API, we built Shutter Predict, a simple mini dApp that allows you to make a prediction.

The agentic future of finance isn’t coming—it’s already here. Platforms like Bankr, Nani, and others have made it easier than ever for crypto traders to execute transactions with just a simple command. No manual calculations, no navigating complex interfaces—just type and trade. But here’s the

A Way for Developers to Level up Their Game by Adding Privacy to Any Dapp

The Lunar New Year is a time for celebration, family, and the exchange of good wishes—often in the form of hongbao, traditional red envelopes containing money. Shutter Hongbao is a playful experiment that blends this tradition with modern cryptographic technology. While still in its early stages and not yet