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

1. Monthly public metrics: active operators, validators monitored, alerts sent, alert accuracy, service uptime/SLA, subsidized claims. Starts first full month after approval.
2. 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.
3. 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
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