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Ethereum Veterans Convert Unclaimed 2016 DAO Funds Into $220 Million Security Endowment

Staking of roughly 69,420 ETH will fund ongoing grants for audits, incident response, infrastructure, user protection.

Overview

  • About 75,000 ETH from an unclaimed ExtraBalance contract and a curator multisig will seed the new DAO Security Fund.
  • Approximately 69,420 ETH will be staked to generate an estimated $8 million in annual yield while preserving principal.
  • Roughly $13.5 million is allocated for immediate security grants using DAO-native processes such as quadratic and retroactive funding with ranked-choice RFPs.
  • Governance features independent operators like Giveth, eligibility set by the Ethereum Foundation, and curators including Vitalik Buterin, Taylor Monahan, and Alex Van der Sande.
  • Funds will support audits, infrastructure, incident response, and user protection across mainnet and layer-2 networks, with the revival announced by TheDAO account and detailed by Unchained.