Over the past several weeks, the DUNA admins have been focused on improving technical infrastructure, reducing operational expenses, and continuing to refine the DAO’s operations.
Below is a summary of updates across the Nouns.wtf platform, service providers, and general DUNA administration and operations.
Subgraphs
Recently, the original subgraphs powering Nouns.wtf (both Mainnet and Sepolia) unexpectedly went offline. These subgraphs are critical infrastructure that power many features of the Nouns ecosystem.
Additionally, the propdates subgraph 404'd, which took down propdates.wtf.
To address this:
Replacement subgraphs were deployed for both Mainnet and Sepolia.
A replacement service and new subgraph were deployed at: https://propdates.nouns.wtf
These updates restore the data indexing required for proposals, governance tracking, and related services.
Transaction Encoding
Fixes were deployed to resolve transaction encoding errors that occasionally occurred when users submitted proposals or candidates.
Additionally, Etherscan API calls for submitting custom transactions were upgraded due to the deprecation of previous version of the API.
Candidate Page Improvements
The Candidates page received several optimizations aimed at improving responsiveness and reducing unnecessary load.
Changes include:
Previously, the page fetched all candidates on initial load, the page now uses lazy loading with a smaller initial batch
Cancelled candidates are no longer displayed
A UI bug was fixed where a proposer holding enough Nouns to propose could trigger incorrect behavior
A review of the Nouns.wtf infrastructure stack resulted in cost savings of nearly 50%.
Previous Annual Cost - Approximately $2,034.36/year
New Projected Annual Cost - Approximately $1,126.16/year
Key Changes
Railway and Vercel services were cancelled
Netlify costs reduced to $66 annually (These costs are currently not paid from the DUNA wallet but will migrate shortly)
ANKR RPC services remain usage-based, currently averaging about $75 per quarter
New subgraphs are currently operating within free-tier limits, but this is subject to change
The DAO’s agreement with its current accounting provider concluded at the end of January. Throughout the past year the team evaluated multiple providers in preparation for this transition. Two options are currently under consideration:
New Provider Proposal
$4,350/month
$425/month pass-through tooling fee
Total: $4,775/month ($57,300/year)
Counter Proposal
$50,000/year
Equivalent to approximately $4,166.67/month
A decision will be made after evaluating the cost, capabilities, and continuity considerations of both options.
We renegotiated KYC costs with our service provider.
Previous Cost - $1,088.75/month
New Cost - $250/month
This reduction preserves the same compliance flows and functionality while significantly lowering overhead. For context, a comparable provider would require at least $299/month for similar functionality.
As discussed during the DUNA transition process, inactive Foundation members were removed from the veto multi-sig. This ensures the veto structure reflects the currently active administrative participants responsible for governance oversight.
OneSafe, the DAO’s neobank provider, recently switched card providers. During this transition:
Card access has been temporarily unavailable
Service is expected to be restored in March
The following administrative services renew in March:
Registered Agent: $99/year
Mail Forwarding: $99/year
Going forward, proposals submitted by admin.nounsduna.eth will be submitted either:
directly through Nouns.wtf, or
without a client ID
The report below serves as the DAO’s final financials package for 2025, presenting a complete summary of treasury activity, grant distributions, and administrative expenditures for the year.
Additional documentation has been made available in a public google drive.
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Over the past several weeks, the DUNA admins have been focused on improving technical infrastructure, reducing operational expenses, and continuing to refine the DAO’s operations.
Below is a summary of updates across the Nouns.wtf platform, service providers, and general DUNA administration and operations.
Subgraphs
Recently, the original subgraphs powering Nouns.wtf (both Mainnet and Sepolia) unexpectedly went offline. These subgraphs are critical infrastructure that power many features of the Nouns ecosystem.
Additionally, the propdates subgraph 404'd, which took down propdates.wtf.
To address this:
Replacement subgraphs were deployed for both Mainnet and Sepolia.
A replacement service and new subgraph were deployed at: https://propdates.nouns.wtf
These updates restore the data indexing required for proposals, governance tracking, and related services.
Transaction Encoding
Fixes were deployed to resolve transaction encoding errors that occasionally occurred when users submitted proposals or candidates.
Additionally, Etherscan API calls for submitting custom transactions were upgraded due to the deprecation of previous version of the API.
Candidate Page Improvements
The Candidates page received several optimizations aimed at improving responsiveness and reducing unnecessary load.
Changes include:
Previously, the page fetched all candidates on initial load, the page now uses lazy loading with a smaller initial batch
Cancelled candidates are no longer displayed
A UI bug was fixed where a proposer holding enough Nouns to propose could trigger incorrect behavior
A review of the Nouns.wtf infrastructure stack resulted in cost savings of nearly 50%.
Previous Annual Cost - Approximately $2,034.36/year
New Projected Annual Cost - Approximately $1,126.16/year
Key Changes
Railway and Vercel services were cancelled
Netlify costs reduced to $66 annually (These costs are currently not paid from the DUNA wallet but will migrate shortly)
ANKR RPC services remain usage-based, currently averaging about $75 per quarter
New subgraphs are currently operating within free-tier limits, but this is subject to change
The DAO’s agreement with its current accounting provider concluded at the end of January. Throughout the past year the team evaluated multiple providers in preparation for this transition. Two options are currently under consideration:
New Provider Proposal
$4,350/month
$425/month pass-through tooling fee
Total: $4,775/month ($57,300/year)
Counter Proposal
$50,000/year
Equivalent to approximately $4,166.67/month
A decision will be made after evaluating the cost, capabilities, and continuity considerations of both options.
We renegotiated KYC costs with our service provider.
Previous Cost - $1,088.75/month
New Cost - $250/month
This reduction preserves the same compliance flows and functionality while significantly lowering overhead. For context, a comparable provider would require at least $299/month for similar functionality.
As discussed during the DUNA transition process, inactive Foundation members were removed from the veto multi-sig. This ensures the veto structure reflects the currently active administrative participants responsible for governance oversight.
OneSafe, the DAO’s neobank provider, recently switched card providers. During this transition:
Card access has been temporarily unavailable
Service is expected to be restored in March
The following administrative services renew in March:
Registered Agent: $99/year
Mail Forwarding: $99/year
Going forward, proposals submitted by admin.nounsduna.eth will be submitted either:
directly through Nouns.wtf, or
without a client ID
The report below serves as the DAO’s final financials package for 2025, presenting a complete summary of treasury activity, grant distributions, and administrative expenditures for the year.
Additional documentation has been made available in a public google drive.
This browser version is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a supported browser.
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