GIP-136: Should GnosisDAO support maintenance of the Gnosis Explorer (v1 + v2)?

Summary

We request a two‑year maintenance grant to fund ongoing operations of the Gnosis explorer, including the v2 validator dashboard and the v1 explorer, from July 2025 through June 2026. The prior maintenance period concluded June 2025; since then, we have kept the explorer fully available at our own expense to avoid any service interruption for the Gnosis community.

Website: Gnosischa.in ("v1") and gnosischa.in/dashboard ("v2")

The grant will cover:

• Continuous maintenance of v2 dashboard and v1 explorer through 06/2026; or
• The same functionality delivered on a newly migrated website that consolidates services and ships an improved UX while preserving feature parity.

To effectively integrate gnosis into our products and ensure a long-term partnership, we propose a two-year commitment. The first payment will be made immediately, with the second payment due at the end of the initial period.

1. Requested amount: 300,000€ (350,000 USD) for 06/2025 - 06/2026

• 60% USDC
• 40% GNO with a 1 year lockup period, ending on 06/2026

2. Requested amount: 300,000€ (350,000 USD) for 06/2026 - 06/2027 (to be paid in 05/2026)

• 60% USDC
• 40% GNO with a 1 year lockup period, ending on 06/2027

Payment can be made to 0x9d4E94dB689Bc471E45b0a18B7BdA36FcCeC9c3b

• https://beaconcha.in/address/0x9d4E94dB689Bc471E45b0a18B7BdA36FcCeC9c3b
• https://etherscan.io/address/0x9d4E94dB689Bc471E45b0a18B7BdA36FcCeC9c3b

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Background & Prior Funding (What worked, what we learned)

GIP‑74 (2023): Initial support for Gnosis explorer

• Scope: Fund hosting + operations of gnosis explorer as a public good; CL+EL in one explorer; open‑source mobile app for validator monitoring.
• Disbursement precedent:
  • Annual funding of $250k
  • 60% USDC/USDT and 40% GNO (GNO with 2‑year lockup).

GIP‑105 (2024): Support for v2 dashboard

• Scope: Endorsement to operate and advance the v2 explorer/dashboard, focused on scale and UX for validator operations.
• Outcome: Launched v2 validator dashboard with high‑scale monitoring (up to 100k validators per dashboard), new efficiency metric, grouping/sharing, and real‑time slot visualization. Maintained v1 for continuity while onboarding users to v2.

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Current Status (as of September 2025)

• The 2024/25 maintenance period ended 06/2025. Since July 2025 we have been covering infra, storage, and on‑call costs out‑of‑pocket to keep gnosis explorer online without disruption.
• v2 is available for Gnosis Chain; v1 explorer remains available

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Scope of Work (07/2025–06/2026)

We will:

1. Operate and maintain the gnosis explorer stack (EL+CL indexers, databases, APIs, web front ends, background workers) with 24/7 monitoring and on‑call.

2. Support for: (a) current v2 dashboard + v1 explorer, or (b) an equivalent set of features migrated to a new consolidated site with improved navigation, accessibility, and performance.
   Biggest pain point for Gnosis users was the low dashboard limits. The v2 dashboard will include increased limits:

   • 200 GNO for free tier
   • 200 GNO on guppy tier
   • 300 GNO on dolphin tier
   • 1000 GNO on Orca
     We want to emphasize that we're working on a new dashboard, which may use a different validator structure and may not have a 1:1 copy of the limits from the current dashboard.

3. Protocol upgrade readiness: Ensure explorer compatibility and dashboards for upcoming client releases and hard forks; deliver network‑upgrade day dashboards and comms.

Github repositories:

• https://github.com/gobitfly/beaconchain
• https://github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorer

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Budget & Disbursement

Baseline ask: 300,000€ (350,000 USD) for the 12‑month period (06/2025–06/2026).
Suggested structure (matching the original grant precedent):

• 60% in stablecoins (USDC/USDT) — $210,000
• 40% in GNO — $140,000 with 1‑year lockup

To keep the Gnosis Explorer and Gnosis API running, we rely on the support outlined in this GIP. If the proposal does not pass and funding isn’t secured, we will begin a responsible wind-down of these services. In that case, we’ll offer a 30-day transition period after the vote to help existing infrastructure providers adjust. We’re sharing this for clarity and planning purposes, and we’re grateful for the Gnosis community’s ongoing support.