Cherum vs Safe CSV Airdrop: DAO payouts from a multisig vs. cross‑chain fan‑out
A CSV through a Safe works until the list spans chains, and until someone has to sign it twice.
What Safe CSV Airdrop does well
CSV Airdrop is the standard tool for DAO payouts from a Safe. You upload a CSV of receivers, tokens and amounts, and it batches ERC-20 and native-coin transfers into one atomic transaction, where everything lands or nothing does, signed through your normal multisig threshold. It's free beyond gas, open source, and can even mix different tokens in one batch, as long as the Safe holds them. For a treasury paying contributors in USDC on the chain the Safe lives on, it's hard to argue with.
Where Cherum is different
CSV Airdrop moves what the Safe holds, on the chain the Safe lives on. Cherum handles the part it can't: recipients on other networks, receiving tokens you don't hold. One balance in, and each recipient gets their own token on their own chain (USDC on Base, GRAM on TON, native Bitcoin) from a single signature, with gas delivered on arrival. Refunds go to the wallet that paid; if a payment stops in our contract, we deliver it or refund it ourselves. And it doesn't require a Safe: you sign a Permit2 message from a regular EVM wallet. Paying from a non-EVM network like Solana or TON sends to one recipient, not a list.
| Feature | Safe CSV Airdrop | Cherum |
|---|---|---|
| Send to many recipients | Yes (one atomic batch) | Yes |
| Requires a Safe multisig | Yes, it runs only inside a Safe | No, it works from a regular wallet |
| Multisig approval flow | Yes, the native Safe threshold | Yes, for a batch in one token on one network: a Safe sends it through its own threshold, signing a permission when the token needs one, then the batch. The dashboard can also require a second approver above a threshold |
| Multiple chains in one action | No, the Safe's chain only | Yes |
| Different token per recipient | Yes, if the Safe already holds each token | Yes, converted from one input token |
| Built-in swap / bridge | No | Yes |
| Non-EVM (TON, Solana, Bitcoin…) | No, EVM Safes only | Yes, 25 networks |
| Gas delivered to recipients | No | Yes |
| Failure handling | Atomic: all or nothing | In one token on one network: all or nothing, too. With a swap in one network: per recipient. Across networks: every payment is sent or none, then each travels on its own. Refunds go to the wallet that paid |
| CSV import | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | Free (gas only) | Small routing fee in the quote |
When to use which
Use Safe CSV Airdrop when…
Your treasury is on a Safe, recipients take a token you already hold on that same chain, and you want the payout free, atomic and approved through your multisig.
Use Cherum when…
Recipients are spread across chains or want different tokens than your treasury holds, or you're paying out from a regular wallet without a Safe, and you want it in one signature.