# Proposal - Protocol R&D Special Purpose Entity

**URL:** https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-protocol-r-d-special-purpose-entity/3160
**Category:** Treasury
**Created:** [December 11, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-protocol-r-d-special-purpose-entity/3160 "2025-12-11T12:52:44Z")
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### Author: ![drieddate\_sidestream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@drieddate\_sidestream](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/drieddate_sidestream)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/proposal-protocol-r-d-special-purpose-entity/3160/14 "2026-04-30T16:43:25Z")

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Hey there 👋

Sidestream Protocol R&D SPE here - below is our third monthly update.

## **Protocol R&D SPE - Sidestream - Update #3**

- **Status:** On track

- **Summary:** April was heavily focused on vulnerability response work across several reports, processing them through the full pipeline from initial assessment to in-depth analysis, including mitigation proposals. In one case, immediate action needed to be taken, which led to pausing the L1Migrator contract. Non-security scope advanced more slowly, due to vulnerability response, which is core to the SPE’s mandate, and took priority.

- **Key achievements**

- **Planned by Next Update:**

- **ETA for Next Update:** End of May 2026

Be aware: Due to the sensitive nature of our work, it is not possible to share links to many of the concrete artifacts we created (e.g., the processed vulnerability reports and their results) as these can only be shared with the Security Committee.

You can check implicit artifacts via the [transaction](https://etherscan.io/address/0x21146B872D3A95d2cF9afeD03eE5a783DaE9A89A#events) and [the Discord announcement](https://discord.com/channels/423160867534929930/426106677650128898/1491907566542917833).

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