Monthly Wrap-up: June 2026

Each month, this roundup collects the news from across Livepeer: the protocol, the teams funded by the community treasury, and the people building on the network.

In June, Network Engineering awarded its first direct grant, $15k to the Payment Clearinghouse, and Protocol R&D's renewal went on-chain. With the treasury at its 750K LPT ceiling, a proposal opened to restart the share of staking rewards it receives.

Protocol

• TicketBroker hardened against a griefing attack. A protocol update on June 25 stops a ticket from being redeemed for only part of its value.

Funded work

• Network Engineering has all three funding lanes live. Its first direct grant is out, and its first RFP delivered milestones 1 and 2.
• First direct grant goes to the Payment Clearinghouse. $15k to John Mull of Elite Code Solutions.
• Protocol R&D renewed for six months. The $300K continuation went on-chain on June 5.
• The delegator staking study goes to community review. Milestones 1–3 are delivered, and the final draft is open for seven days of comment.
• Retroactive grant application: Livepeer Workflow Kit, by shane.
• Retroactive grant application: a Discord protocol data bot and public API, by MikeZupper.

Treasury & governance

• A proposal to restart the treasury reward cut. The treasury hit its 750K LPT ceiling, so the share of staking rewards it receives dropped to 0%. The pre-proposal would restart it at 10%.
• An RFC on diversifying the treasury. A 90-day framework for treasury diversification and volume-weighted governance.
• dob on fees, taxes and token sinks. A tokenomics discussion on recycled fees and network taxes.

What's next

• The delegator staking study: the final report follows its seven-day community review.
• Protocol R&D: another protocol update in July, under its new monthly release cycle.

Funded teams can get their news into next month's roundup by posting their monthly update in their proposal's forum thread.