Proposal: Re‑Elect Nostra Labs as Service Contractor for another 12‑Month Term

GM Famiglia!

Over the last year, the Nostra ecosystem has continued to maintain its position as the number 1 DeFi app on Starknet and commenced the expansion onto EVM with the launch on Monad testnet.

This proposal asks NSTR token holders to re-elect Nostra Labs as the DAO’s primary service contractor for another 12-month term, so that we can keep our momentum and take Nostra to the next level of multichain dominance.


Key milestones (July 2024 - June 2025)

Milestone Date Result
Money Market rewritten & audited for EVM Nov 2024 Unlocks deployment to any EVM‑compatible chain; audit conducted by Spearbit
#1 Money Market on Monad testnet Feb 2025 Winning mindshare on Monad and testnet TVL
#1 DeFi app on Starknet Ongoing Sustained leadership in TVL (incl. borrows)
Healthy protocol revenue Q3 24 – Q1 25 Q3 2024: $466,426.49
Q4 2024: $180,379.51
Q1 2025: $632,435.10
Total $1,279,241.10

Vision for 2025 - 2026

  1. Mainnet launch on Monad
    Goal: Reach >20% of Monad TVL within six months of mainnet

  2. Expansion to additional EVM L2s
    Goal: Grow Nostra’s distribution, awareness, and TVL

  3. Nostra Swap v2 (DEX aggregator)
    Goal: Become the top aggregator venue for DEX swap volume on Monad


Proposed Mandate

Item Description
Term 12 months. Commencing on the approval of the Snapshot close
Scope Protocol development, growth, security, treasury execution, and quarterly reporting
Compensation Up to $2.5 m of protocol revenue during the term to cover OPEX. Any excess funds are directed to the DAO treasury.
Reporting Public quarterly revenue transparency reports
Accountability NSTR holders may revoke the mandate at any time via governance vote (Snapshot X). Nostra Labs may give 30‑days notice to step down.

Next Steps

This proposal will be open for the community to discuss until 5:00 p.m. UTC on Monday, June 30.

If this proposal is supported, Nostra Labs will launch a Snapshot vote for approval at 12:00 p.m. UTC on Tuesday, July 1.

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Hello,

I’m interested in the 2.5 million dollar expenditure forecast. Why are we discussing this number?

Additionally, I’d like to know how much the DAO treasury currently holds.

Finally, I’d like to understand the benefits that NSTR holders have received. As of now, only Nostra Labs and their coworkers have benefited from our investment, and nothing has come to the investors, not even considering the token price decline.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I am satisfied with the current team and the expansion into EVM. I will vote yes.

Some thoughts for the future:

Besides Monad, I would like to see Nostra deployed on Hyperliquid. While I’m bullish on Monad, we don’t know when they’ll release mainnet (hope soon). I would like the dev team to consider deploying in other chains where we can generate revenue now.

Regarding NSTR, as soon as the first EVM deployment happens, we should start a governance process to decide what will be the use case of NSTR, beyond pure governance. Several ideas have been considered so far, so we have stuff to work with. Of course, I understand this is non priority at the moment, first we need to expand products and increase revenue. Keep up the good work!

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I vote in favour and wish to see Nostra Labs re-elected. I also look forward to seeing Nostra live on Monday mainnet, the best is yet to come! :rocket:

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Hello,
I believe that Nostra Labs is the best candidate to become the service contractor for the next 12 months. This is supported by impressive financial results over the past 12 months and I am sure it will further improve with exposure to Monad and other chains.

Nostra Labs has my YES

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My understanding is that the $2.5 million is actually a compensation cap. Any extra revenue earned by the products will be directed to the DAO treasury, instead of to Nostra Labs.

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Looks like I’m a little late to the party here, but all the same I’d like to voice my support for Nostra Labs. They’ve done a great job building up the product since day one, and clearly have aspirations to continue to grow the product and revenue in such a manner that both they, as a private corp, and the DAO stand to benefit.

I’m interested to see what Nostra could do on EVM L2s like Polygon, Optimism and Arbitrum (and their tech stack counterparts) to grow more mindshare and revenue.

I say yes to this proposal.

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The team has done very well keeping the project balanced and running smoothly. I can’t see anyone else fitting for the job.

Please keep up the good work and here’s my yes for another great year!

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Thank you all for your comments. This proposal has now passed the governance vote.

We appreciate the community’s support in Nostra Labs and looking forward to the year ahead!

https://snapshot.box/#/sn:0x07c251045154318a2376a3bb65be47d3c90df1740d8e35c9b9d943aa3f240e50/proposal/9

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