GIP-138: Should Gnosis DAO fund the maintenance of NodeSentinel?

Voting ended 4 months agoSucceeded

Summary

NodeSentinel is a validator monitoring tool for Gnosis beacon validators, built with an indexer + UI (Telegram bot + web).

Main features

Dashboard with performance stats, CL+EL APY across timeframes
Alerting system
Subsidized claimable rewards

The tool has been live for 2 years at NodeSentinel’s cost and is already used for free across the validator set.

Proposal contingent on

Keeping the service running and improving infrastructure
Monthly status reports
Shipping the proposed roadmap and open-sourcing the code
Year-1 renewal gate tied to delivery

Funds requested

35,000 DAI (retroactive)
3,000 GNO staked: rewards fund operations while DAO keeps the principal

Budget model

35,000 DAI retroactive payment
Forward maintenance via staking 3,000 GNO in a StakeWise vault with 100% fee on rewards (principal remains DAO-owned)
Est. ~8% APY → ~~240 GNO/year (~~$36.6k at $140 avg, variable)
Auto-renews yearly, cancellable at any time
Biannual check-ins with the team

Adoption signal

94 active operators
Monitoring ~60,249 validators (>19% of the total network)
650 subsidized claims

Why FOR

Improves infrastructure to onboard more users
Develops the proposed roadmap with new features and UX improvements (details in forum discussion)
Rewards-funded model aligns incentives, limits stablecoin outflows, and keeps GNO with the DAO
Provides an alternative to other monitoring tools, reducing single-vendor risk

Conditions before renewal

Monthly public metrics: active operators, validators monitored, alerts sent, alert accuracy, service uptime/SLA, subsidized claims. Starts first full month after approval.
Open-source milestones (Year-1): publish beacon indexer + API with docs, then bot and web dashboard components. Repositories under github.com/NodeSentinel, updates posted on the forum.
Year-1 renewal gate: rewards-funded model continues only if (1) and (2) are met. Otherwise, DAO may cancel or revise the stake at renewal.

NodeSentinel address safe=gno:0xDA74B77BA4BE36619b248088214D807A581292C4

Off-Chain Vote

For

118.25K GNO79%

Against

31.33K GNO20.9%

Abstain

31.2 GNO0%

Quorum:199%

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Discussion

GIP-138: Should Gnosis DAO fund the maintenance of NodeSentinel?

Timeline

Sep 30, 2025Proposal created

Sep 30, 2025Proposal vote started

Oct 07, 2025Proposal vote ended

Oct 08, 2025Proposal updated

Why FOR

Improves infrastructure to onboard more users

Develops the proposed roadmap with new features and UX improvements (details in forum discussion)

Rewards-funded model aligns incentives, limits stablecoin outflows, and keeps GNO with the DAO

Provides an alternative to other monitoring tools, reducing single-vendor risk

Conditions before renewal

Monthly public metrics: active operators, validators monitored, alerts sent, alert accuracy, service uptime/SLA, subsidized claims. Starts first full month after approval.

Open-source milestones (Year-1): publish beacon indexer + API with docs, then bot and web dashboard components. Repositories under github.com/NodeSentinel, updates posted on the forum.

Year-1 renewal gate: rewards-funded model continues only if (1) and (2) are met. Otherwise, DAO may cancel or revise the stake at renewal.

NodeSentinel address safe=gno:0xDA74B77BA4BE36619b248088214D807A581292C4