Request for Proposals: Development of Real-Time Data and Analytics Product for Reward Vault Monitoring

Request for Proposals: Development of Real-Time Data and Analytics Product for Reward Vault Monitoring

Date: July 30, 2025

Issued by: BGT Foundation
On behalf of the Governance Guardians

Dear Prospective Teams and Developers,

The BGT Foundation, in alignment with our mission to foster the growth and stability of the Berachain ecosystem through Proof of Liquidity (PoL), is pleased to invite expressions of interest and formal proposals for the development of an open source data and analytics product. This initiative aims to empower our community by providing real-time monitoring and tracking of Reward Vaults, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and enhanced decision-making for BGT holders and participants in the PoL framework.

As stewards of the BGT token and its governance, we have consistently prioritized innovation that drives value accretion, mitigates risks, and strengthens community engagement—principles echoed in our recent announcements on the BGT Foundation Council and Reward for Reward Vaults (RFRVs). We seek partners who share our commitment to these values and can deliver a robust solution that integrates seamlessly with the Berachain protocol.

Background

Berachain is a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain powered by Proof of Liquidity, where liquidity providers are rewarded through mechanisms like Reward Vaults. These vaults distribute BGT emissions to incentivize deep liquidity and protocol stability. However, to optimize participation and governance, there is a need for advanced tools that offer real-time insights into vault performance, emissions, user interactions, and overall ecosystem health. This product will build on our existing infrastructure, complementing tools like BeaconKit and community-driven initiatives.

Scope of Work

The selected team will design, develop, and deploy a data and analytics platform with the following core features:

  • Real-Time Monitoring: Live tracking of Reward Vault metrics, including BGT emissions, liquidity inflows/outflows, vault balances, and participation rates.

  • Analytics Dashboards: Interactive visualizations, historical trend analysis, predictive modeling for vault performance, and customizable alerts defined by Governance Council

  • Integration Capabilities: Seamless API connections to Berachain nodes, compatibility with popular wallets and DeFi tools, and support for multi-chain data if relevant.

  • Security and Compliance: Robust data privacy measures, audit-ready smart contracts (if applicable), and adherence to best practices in blockchain security.

  • User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive UI/UX tailored for both technical users and the broader Berachain community, with options for mobile responsiveness.

The project should emphasize scalability, 100% open-source, and alignment with PoL goals to drive real time insights.

Requirements for Proposals

Proposals should include:

  1. Team Profile: Overview of the team’s experience in blockchain development, data analytics, and DeFi products. Highlight relevant projects, particularly those involving Cosmos SDK, EVM, or similar ecosystems. Include bios of key members and any affiliations with Berachain contributors.

  2. Technical Approach: Detailed methodology, technology stack (e.g., indexing tools like Subgraph or Dune Analytics equivalents, frontend frameworks), and a high-level architecture diagram.

  3. Timeline and Milestones: Proposed project phases, from ideation to launch, with estimated durations (target: 1-2 months for MVP).

  4. Budget and Resources: Itemized cost breakdown, including development, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Indicate any grant or funding expectations.

  5. Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identification of potential challenges (e.g., data latency, chain upgrades) and strategies to address them.

  6. Innovation and Alignment: How the product will contribute to Berachain’s culture of community-driven innovation and PoL enhancement.

We encourage proposals that incorporate creative elements, such as gamification or AI-driven insights, while maintaining a focus on reliability and user empowerment.

Submission Guidelines

  • Format: Submit to the berachain forums as a reply to this post

  • Costs: Fees relating to services provided will be handled privately. Please supply an email address as part of your application and we will reach out to you

  • Deadline: Proposals must be received by August 15, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Late submissions will not be considered.

  • Evaluation Criteria: Proposals will be reviewed by the BGT Foundation Council based on technical merit (40%), team expertise (30%), alignment with PoL objectives (20%), and cost-effectiveness (10%). Shortlisted teams may be invited for virtual presentations.

  • Confidentiality: All financial agreements will be treated as confidential, with non-disclosure agreements available upon request.

This RFP represents an exciting opportunity to collaborate on a tool that will amplify the Berachain ecosystem’s liquidity and governance. Lets go.

Sincerely,

BGT Foundation
On behalf of the Governance Guardians

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KysenPool Proposal: Real-Time Berachain Reward Vault Analytics Platform

Submitted to: BGT Foundation
Submitted by: KysenPool (Kysen Technologies)
Date: Aug 13, 2025
Contact: Wayne Fong, Head of Business Development - wayne@kysenpool.io


Executive Summary

KysenPool, established in 2019 as a validator service, has expanded to support over a dozen blockchain networks including Berachain, Story Protocol, Cosmos, Cardano, Side Protocol, Ethereum, and Kava. By summer 2022, Kysen validators managed a Total Value Staked (TVS) exceeding $300 million. Beyond validation, we provide essential infrastructure services including RPC nodes, IBC relayers, Dune-like analytics through CosmosOutpost.io, and deep involvement in Ethereum’s staking ecosystem, particularly with Lido SSV Network.

Our proposal leverages our battle-tested CosmosOutpost platform and comprehensive blockchain infrastructure expertise to deliver a robust, scalable analytics solution for Berachain’s Reward Vault monitoring. This Web2 application will provide real-time monitoring, advanced analytics, and enterprise-grade alerting systems, fully open-sourced from Day 1 of launch to ensure immediate community ownership and transparency.


Team Profile

Core Team

Jack Chan - Chief Technology Officer

  • Lead architect of CosmosOutpost analytics platform

  • 6+ years experience with Tendermint-based blockchain infrastructure

  • Deep expertise in real-time data indexing and visualization systems

  • Published researcher on blockchain macro-economic analytics

Wayne Fong - Head of Business Development

  • Strategic partnerships and ecosystem integration specialist

  • Established relationships with Berachain ecosystem builders

  • Experience in validator liquidity mechanics and PoL frameworks

  • Track record in community-driven product development

Joe Lei - Head of DevOps

  • Infrastructure and deployment specialist

  • Expert in enterprise-grade validator operations

  • Responsible for KysenPool’s industry-leading uptime record

  • Experienced in multi-chain infrastructure management

KysenPool Track Record

  • Established 2019: Multi-chain validator supporting 12+ networks including Berachain, Story Protocol, Cosmos, Cardano, Side Protocol, Ethereum, and Kava

  • Scale & Reliability: Managed $300M+ Total Value Staked by 2022 with consistent high uptime

  • Infrastructure Excellence: Comprehensive services including RPC nodes, IBC relayers, and Ethereum staking via Lido SSV Network

  • Proven Analytics: Deployed CosmosOutpost.io as Dune-like analytics platform for Cosmos ecosystem

  • Research & Education: Published in-depth research and tutorials across supported chains

  • Berachain Integration: Early node operator with foundation delegations and ecosystem partnerships


Technical Approach

Current Platform Foundation: CosmosOutpost

Our existing CosmosOutpost platform provides the proven foundation for this proposal:

  • Architecture: Web2 application with RPC endpoint integration

  • Data Management: PostgreSQL repository for comprehensive blockchain indexing

  • Real-time Processing: Live data ingestion and processing capabilities

  • Visualization: Interactive dashboards for network trends and validator analytics

  • Proven Scalability: Currently serving macro-economic insights for multiple Cosmos networks

Berachain-Specific Enhancements

Phase 1: Core Vault Monitoring (Weeks 1-4)

  • Real-time BGT emissions tracking per vault

  • Liquidity inflow/outflow monitoring

  • Vault balance and participation rate analytics

  • Historical trend analysis and performance metrics

Phase 2: Advanced Analytics & User Management (Weeks 5-6)

  • AWS Cognito-powered user authentication system

  • Predictive modeling for vault performance

  • Customizable alert system with AWS SNS (SMS) and SES (email) integration

  • Interactive dashboards with filtering and drill-down capabilities

  • EventBridge-powered notification orchestration

Phase 3: Integration & Web3 Enhancements (Weeks 7-8)

  • Seamless API integration with Berachain nodes

  • Web3 plugin integration for enhanced alerting (Push Protocol, XMTP, Notifi)

  • Community governance alert definitions

  • Mobile-responsive interface optimization

Technology Stack

Backend Infrastructure:

  • Node.js/Express API server

  • AWS RDS PostgreSQL for data persistence

  • Redis for caching and real-time data

  • WebSocket connections for live updates

AWS-Powered User & Notification System:

  • AWS Cognito for user authentication and management

  • AWS SNS for SMS notifications

  • AWS SES for email notifications

  • AWS EventBridge for notification orchestration

  • AWS Lambda for serverless alert processing

Web3 Alert Integration Options:

  • Push Protocol for decentralized notifications

  • XMTP for wallet-to-wallet messaging

  • Notifi for multi-channel Web3 alerts

  • Webhook support for custom integrations

Data Indexing:

  • Custom Tendermint RPC indexers (proven with CosmosOutpost)

  • Event-driven architecture for real-time processing

  • Fault-tolerant data pipeline with retry mechanisms

Frontend:

  • React.js framework (already implemented in CosmosOutpost)

  • Responsive design with mobile optimization

  • Interactive charting with D3.js/Chart.js

  • Real-time dashboard updates via WebSocket

Hosting & Infrastructure:

  • AWS cloud infrastructure for application layer

  • Dedicated RPC infrastructure (non-AWS) for cost effectiveness

  • Multi-geolocation distributed RPC nodes for disaster recovery

  • High-performance RPC capacity: 250+ req/sec with rate limiting

  • Zero impact on block latencies during high load

  • Combined hosting costs: $1,000/month ($500 AWS + $500 RPC)

  • Internal monitoring: PagerDuty alerts + AWS CloudWatch Synthetics


Timeline and Milestones

MVP Development (8 Weeks Total)

Weeks 1-2: Foundation Setup

  • Berachain node integration and RPC configuration

  • Database schema design for vault-specific metrics

  • Core data indexing pipeline development

Weeks 3-4: Core Analytics

  • Real-time vault monitoring dashboard

  • Basic BGT emissions and liquidity tracking

  • Historical data visualization

Weeks 5-6: Advanced Features

  • Predictive analytics implementation

  • Alert system development and testing

  • API endpoint creation for third-party integration

Weeks 7-8: Integration & Polish

  • Wallet connectivity and DeFi tool integration

  • Mobile responsiveness optimization

  • Community testing and feedback integration

  • Documentation and deployment

Post-Launch Roadmap & Sustainability

Year 1: Foundation Grant Period

  • Quarterly disbursements ensure stable operations

  • Monthly performance metrics and community feedback integration

  • Quarterly feature updates based on ecosystem evolution

  • Annual review for continued funding alignment

Year 2+: Community-Driven Development

  • Open source community contributions for feature expansion

  • Ecosystem partnership integrations and revenue sharing

  • Potential premium features or enterprise API tiers

  • Self-sustaining model through Berachain ecosystem growth

Funding Accountability:

  • Monthly usage and performance reports

  • Transparent infrastructure cost breakdowns

  • Community feedback integration metrics

  • Open source contribution tracking and recognition


Budget and Resources

Development Phase (8 Weeks) - Total Grant Request: $75,000

Milestone 1: Foundation & Core Infrastructure (Weeks 1-2)

  • Berachain node integration and RPC configuration

  • AWS infrastructure setup (RDS, Cognito, EventBridge)

  • Database schema design for vault-specific metrics

  • Core data indexing pipeline development

  • Grant Disbursement: $20,000

Milestone 2: Real-Time Analytics Dashboard (Weeks 3-4)

  • Real-time vault monitoring dashboard

  • BGT emissions and liquidity tracking implementation

  • Historical data visualization

  • Basic alert system foundation

  • Grant Disbursement: $20,000

Milestone 3: Advanced Features & User Management (Weeks 5-6)

  • AWS Cognito user authentication system

  • Predictive analytics implementation

  • AWS SNS/SES notification integration

  • EventBridge alert orchestration

  • Grant Disbursement: $20,000

Milestone 4: Integration & Launch (Weeks 7-8)

  • Web3 plugin integration (Push Protocol/XMTP/Notifi)

  • API endpoint creation for third-party integration

  • Mobile responsiveness optimization

  • Open source release and documentation

  • Grant Disbursement: $15,000

Ongoing Service Funding Model

Annual Infrastructure Grant: $28,000 Disbursed quarterly at $7,000 per quarter

Quarterly Funding Breakdown:

  • AWS Infrastructure: $1,500 (Application hosting, RDS, Cognito, EventBridge)

  • Dedicated RPC Infrastructure: $1,500 (Multi-geo distributed nodes, 99.7% SLA)

  • Monitoring & Alerting: $300 (PagerDuty + AWS CloudWatch Synthetics)

  • Third-Party API Integrations: $450

    • Push Protocol: $100 (estimated based on message volume)

    • XMTP Protocol: $0 (currently free for developers, pay-as-you-grow model)

    • Notifi Network: $200 (Web3 notification service, estimated enterprise tier)

    • Additional Web3 APIs: $150 (backup services, rate limit overages)

  • Community Support: $750 (Discord/GitHub support, documentation updates)

  • Contingency & Scaling Reserve: $2,500 (Emergency maintenance, unexpected scaling, feature updates, security patches)

Third-Party Integration Details:

Web3 Notification Services:

  • Push Protocol: Estimated $25-50/month for moderate usage (10K+ notifications)

  • XMTP: Currently free for developers with pay-as-you-scale model planned

  • Notifi Network: Web3-native notifications, estimated $50-100/month for enterprise features

  • Backup Services: Additional notification channels for redundancy

Traditional Services:

  • AWS SNS: $0.50 per million notifications (very cost-effective)

  • AWS SES: $0.10 per thousand emails

  • Webhook Services: Minimal costs for API calls

Alternative Funding Models:

  1. **BGT Foundation Annual Grant
    **

    • Single $28,000 annual disbursement

    • Performance review every 12 months with ecosystem impact metrics

  2. **Community Treasury Proposal
    **

    • Quarterly $7,000 treasury proposals with transparent reporting

    • Community voting based on usage analytics and feature delivery

  3. **Hybrid Ecosystem Model
    **

    • $20,000 foundation grant + $8,000 partnership revenue sharing

    • Integrated offerings with other Berachain ecosystem projects

Service Level Commitments:

  • 99.7% uptime SLA maintenance with geographic redundancy

  • 24/7 monitoring and incident response via PagerDuty

  • Monthly security updates and dependency patches

  • Quarterly feature enhancements driven by community feedback

  • Annual infrastructure scaling assessments and optimization


Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Technical Risks

Data Latency Challenges

  • Risk: Real-time requirements vs. blockchain confirmation times

  • Mitigation: Multi-layered data processing with pending/confirmed state tracking

Chain Upgrade Compatibility

  • Risk: Berachain protocol updates affecting data structures

  • Mitigation: Modular architecture with version-specific adapters; active participation in testnets

Scalability Concerns

  • Risk: High transaction volume impact on indexing performance

  • Mitigation: Proven scalable architecture from CosmosOutpost; horizontal scaling capabilities

Operational Risks

Infrastructure Reliability

  • Risk: Platform downtime affecting critical monitoring

  • Mitigation:

    • Dedicated RPC infrastructure with 99.7% SLA across multiple geolocations

    • 250+ req/sec tested capacity with zero block latency impact

    • Enterprise monitoring with PagerDuty + AWS CloudWatch Synthetics

    • KysenPool’s proven $300M+ TVS operational track record

Community Adoption

  • Risk: Limited user engagement with analytics platform

  • Mitigation: Active ecosystem partnerships; user-centric design; community feedback integration


Innovation and Alignment with Berachain PoL

Proof of Liquidity Enhancement

Validator Liquidity Mechanics Integration

  • Deep understanding of Berachain’s validator liquidity mechanics through our ecosystem partnerships

  • Analytics specifically designed to optimize PoL participation decisions

  • Real-time insights to maximize BGT emission efficiency

Community Governance Support

  • Governance Council-defined alert systems

  • Transparent metrics for community decision-making

  • Data-driven insights for Reward Vault optimization

Open Source Community Building

Business Source License (BUSL) 1.1 Framework

KysenPool is committed to open sourcing the Berachain Analytics Platform from Day 1 of launch under the Business Source License (BUSL) 1.1. This licensing approach ensures immediate community access while providing a clear path to full open source availability.

Day 1 Launch - BUSL 1.1 License:

  • Complete source code availability from launch

  • Full transparency of all Web2 application components

  • Community access to modify, extend, and customize the platform

  • No smart contract development - purely Web2 application architecture

  • Comprehensive documentation and setup guides included

BUSL 1.1 License Benefits:

  • Immediate Community Access: All code available for inspection, learning, and contribution

  • Commercial Use Protection: Prevents direct commercial competitors while enabling community use

  • Innovation Encouragement: Community can build upon and integrate with the platform

  • Sustainable Development: Ensures long-term project viability and maintenance

4-Year Open Source Transition:

  • After 4 years, the license automatically converts to Apache 2.0 (fully open source)

  • Community will have full commercial rights and freedom

  • Ensures long-term ecosystem ownership and sustainability

No Smart Contract Dependencies:

  • Pure Web2 application architecture eliminates smart contract security concerns

  • No on-chain code deployment or management required

  • Simplified security audit process focused on Web2 infrastructure

  • Reduced complexity for community contributions and modifications

Community Contribution Framework:

  • GitHub-based development with clear contribution guidelines

  • Discord community support and developer onboarding

  • Regular community calls for feature prioritization

  • Transparent roadmap development with community input

  • Recognition system for community contributors

License Rationale: The BUSL 1.1 license strikes the perfect balance for the Berachain ecosystem - providing immediate transparency and community ownership while ensuring KysenPool can maintain the infrastructure and continue development sustainably. This approach aligns with Web3 values of openness while recognizing the practical needs of enterprise-grade service delivery.


Unique Value Propositions

Proven Foundation

  • CosmosOutpost.io platform already demonstrates our capability to deliver real-time blockchain analytics

  • Six years of operational excellence in Tendermint-based networks

  • Foundation delegation on Berachain validates our credibility as operators

Deep Ecosystem Integration

  • Existing partnerships with Berachain ecosystem builders

  • Understanding of validator liquidity mechanics from operator perspective

  • Early adopter advantage as Berachain node operator

Sustainable Web2 + Web3 Hybrid Model

  • Day 1 open source release ensures immediate community ownership

  • AWS-powered enterprise infrastructure for reliability and scale

  • Web3 notification plugins for decentralized user experience

  • Clear infrastructure commitment with transparent hosting costs

Enterprise Infrastructure with Proven Scalability

  • Dedicated RPC infrastructure separate from AWS for optimal cost-performance

  • Multi-geolocation disaster recovery with 99.7% SLA commitment

  • High-performance capacity tested at 250+ req/sec with intelligent rate limiting

  • Zero block latency impact under peak load conditions

  • Comprehensive monitoring via PagerDuty and AWS CloudWatch Synthetics


Community Commitment

KysenPool is committed to fostering Berachain’s community-driven innovation culture through immediate open source availability and enterprise-grade infrastructure support. Our approach emphasizes:

  • Day 1 Transparency: Complete open source release from launch with full documentation

  • Enterprise Infrastructure: AWS-powered reliability with $500/month hosting commitment

  • Web3 Integration: Native support for decentralized notification protocols

  • Community Ownership: Immediate access to modify, extend, and customize the platform

  • Educational Resources: Comprehensive tutorials and research insights based on our multi-chain experience

We view this project as a foundational contribution to the Berachain ecosystem that combines the reliability of traditional Web2 infrastructure with the openness and innovation of Web3, available to the community from Day 1.


Next Steps

  1. Private Budget Discussion: Detailed cost breakdown and funding structure

  2. Technical Deep Dive: Architecture review with Berachain technical team

  3. Partnership Alignment: Coordination with existing ecosystem builders

  4. Development Kickoff: Resource allocation and timeline confirmation

We are excited about the opportunity to bring our proven analytics capabilities to the Berachain ecosystem and look forward to contributing to the success of Proof of Liquidity through data-driven insights and community empowerment.


Contact Information:

  • Primary Contact: Wayne Fong, Head of Business Development

  • Email: developers@kysenpool.io

  • Technical Lead: Jack Chan, CTO

  • Operations Lead: Joe Lei, Head of DevOps

This proposal demonstrates KysenPool’s commitment to Berachain’s vision of liquidity-driven innovation and our capability to deliver enterprise-grade solutions with community-first principles.

Furthermore Proposal: Real-Time Data and Analytics Product for Reward Vault Monitoring

To: BGT Foundation

From: Furthermore

Contact Email: Pm, Co-founder pm@furthermore.app

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Furthermore team proposes to extend its leading Proof of Liquidity (PoL) analytics platform with a dedicated open-source product for real-time Reward Vault monitoring. This initiative will provide the Berachain ecosystem and the BGT Foundation with enhanced transparency, richer analytics, and developer-friendly integrations, enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions with precision and speed.

Given that a majority of the Berachain community is already familiar with and actively using Furthermore, this extension is a natural evolution — ensuring that the tools they trust are expanded to meet even more of their needs.

By building on Furthermore’s proven infrastructure and strong partner network, the project will deliver:

  • Real-time dashboards for vault metrics, historical trends, and liquidity flow visualization.
  • Open, permissionless APIs with real-time updates for seamless integration into ecosystem projects.
  • Community-first, public good infrastructure that ensures sustainability and accessibility for all.

This proposal leverages Furthermore’s established track record of supporting major Berachain protocols without generating revenue to date, ensuring the continued provision of high-value analytics as an open, shared resource for the ecosystem.


TEAM PROFILE

The Furthermore Team is a Berachain-native group operating the leading Proof of Liquidity analytics platform in the ecosystem, providing an incentive orderbook with deep, real-time insights for users, protocols, and partners. Since launching and building in public from day one, we’ve attracted over 40,000 visitors, secured key ecosystem partnerships, and now have over 4,000 monthly visitors.

With this proposal, we aim to extend Furthermore with an open-source wing that delivers more in-depth, real-time vault data and developer-friendly integrations, expanding the value we already provide to the Berachain community and the BGT Foundation.

Team Members

  • PM (X) — Co-founder & CTO / Lead Engineer; veteran Web3 backend & smart contract developer; ex–Cosmos SDK chain lead; Berachain Testnet Validator.
  • drm (X) — Co-founder / Fullstack Engineer / Product Owner; led Furthermore v2 & v3; contributor to major Web3 NFT projects.
  • Bubu (X) — Head of Design / Design Engineer; creator of Furthermore.app’s UI; expert in DeFi dashboard.

Advisors

  • Berastotle (X) — CTO at Kodiak

PARTNERSHIPS & INTEGRATIONS

Furthermore already powers vault analytics and integrations for key Berachain protocols, including:

  • Kodiak — Liquidity Pool Analytics integration + baults integration (upcoming v3)
  • Infrared — iBGT APR integration + infrared vaults integration (upcoming v3)
  • BeraBorrow — APY integration + auto-compounded vaults integration (upcoming v3)
  • Berapaw — LBGT APR integration + claim functionality (upcoming v3)
  • Miso — MBGT token analytics + claim functionality (upcoming v3)
  • Origami — oriBGT APY analytics + vaults integration (upcoming v3)
  • Bearn — yBGT APR integration + vaults / claim integration (upcoming v3)
  • Prism — One of the main publishers for TINT

We also provide our APIs free of charge to ecosystem partners and emerging projects, helping them access PoL data quickly so they can focus on building.


TECHNICAL APPROACH

Key Deliverables

  1. Real-Time Monitoring Dashboard – Live tracking of vault performance metrics, including BGT emissions, participation rates, historical trends, liquidity flow visualization, and comprehensive incentive metrics.
  2. API & Integration System – A permissionless API layer providing vault data through type-safe, OpenAPI-compliant endpoints (via oRPC), with Server-Sent Events for real-time updates.

Architecture Overview

┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   Berachain     │    │   Data Layer    │    │   Analytics     │
│   Nodes/RPC     │───▶│ (Ponder Indexer)│───▶│   Dashboard     │
│                 │    │                 │    │   (Next.js)     │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
                                              │  (oRPC API)     │
                                              └─────────────────┘

Technology Stack

  • Data Indexing: Ponder (10× faster than Graph Protocol)
  • Frontend: Next.js + TypeScript + Shadcn UI
  • Backend: Next.js API routes + oRPC
  • Infrastructure: Vercel + Railway
  • Database: PostgreSQL + Redis cache
  • Monitoring: OpenStatus uptime alerts

TIMELINE AND MILESTONES

  • M1 (2 weeks): Architecture planning, UX/UI design, prototype approval.
  • M2 (4 weeks): Development of dashboard, indexer & API extension, testing, deployment setup.
  • M3 (2 weeks): Optimization, feedback integration, launch preparation.

Total: 8 weeks from approval, followed by ongoing maintenance and community support.


BUDGET AND RESOURCES

Development Phase (8 Weeks) – Total Grant Request: $69,000 USD
(includes development and delivery costs only; sustaining costs are funded separately)


1. Development & Delivery Costs

Milestone Duration Description Cost Allocation Cost (USD)
M1: Architecture Planning & UX/UI Design 2 weeks Architecture planning, UX/UI design, prototype approval 30% $20,700
M2: MVP Development & Testing 4 weeks Dashboard, indexer & API extension development, testing, deployment setup 50% $34,500
M3: Final QA, Optimization & Launch Prep 2 weeks Performance optimization, feedback integration, launch preparation 20% $13,800

2. Sustaining Costs (Annual Total: $27,600 / Quarterly: $6,900, Paid Quarterly)

Category Description Cost Allocation Cost (USD)
Infrastructure Railway hosting, databases, OpenStatus monitoring 21.74% $6,000 annually ($1,500 quarterly)
Maintenance Updates, bug fixes, feature enhancements 50% $13,800 annually ($3,450 quarterly)
Community Support Documentation, user support, community engagement 21.74% $6,000 annually ($1,500 quarterly)

Note: These sustaining costs are not included in the grant request.


Resource Allocation:

  • Engineering Team (Backend, Frontend, Fullstack): Core implementation of dashboard, API, indexing layer, and integrations.
  • Design & UX: UI/UX design for dashboard and developer interfaces.
  • Infrastructure & Hosting: Vercel, Railway, PostgreSQL, Redis cache, uptime monitoring.
  • Project Management & QA: Coordination, testing, documentation, and community feedback handling.

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION

  • Data Latency: Redis caching + fallback sources
  • Chain Upgrades: Modular, upgradable architecture
  • Scalability: Cloud-native auto-scaling
  • Availability: OpenStatus uptime tracking & alerts

INNOVATION AND ALIGNMENT

Benefits for Berachain & BGT Foundation

  1. Extends the reach and utility of the leading PoL analytics platform with open-source tools.
  2. Provides richer, real-time insights for governance, operations, and ecosystem growth.
  3. Accelerates new ecosystem project launches by making PoL data freely accessible.
  4. Supports a proven, community-first public good that has been delivering value without generating revenue.

Benefits for Users

  1. Instant access to deeper vault performance and incentive data.
  2. Historical analytics and participation tracking in one place.
  3. Streamlined discovery of asset utility across the ecosystem.

Benefits for Vault Operators & Projects

  1. Advanced tools for monitoring incentives
  2. Open-source, allowing self-hosting and control

SUSTAINABILITY PLAN

  • Fully open-source implementation with community contribution guidelines
  • API-first, modular architecture for easy updates
  • Automated testing and deployment pipelines

Proposal: pol.vision Proposal: Real-Time Reward Vault Monitoring & AnalyticsSubmitted by: PoL Vision LimitedDate: August 15, 2025Contact: pol.vision.ltd@gmail.com


1. Team Profile

We are a two-person, senior-level, team with a track record of shipping high-performance, data-driven blockchain products, and 1.5 years partnering together on various projects.

Product Manager

  • Bachelors in Engineering from a top-15 US university.

  • 10+ years as engineer, analyst, and product manager for real-time streaming data applications, AI systems (ANNs, LLMs), API-based developer tools, and blockchain products.

  • 4+ years as an independent DAO consultant, with a focus on community transparency, reporting, and decision-making.

  • Former lead PM for EVM-based DeFi protocols with up to $80M TVL.

  • Deep experience with JavaScript, Solidity, SQL, GraphQL, Dune Analytics.

  • Active in the Berachain community since 2022; daily user of Berahub, PoL, and other ecosystem products.

  • Written or advised several RFRV applications, RV operators, and validator operators; deep familiarity with PoL, RV guidelines, and related processes.

Full-Stack Developer

  • Bachelors in Computer Science

  • 8 years as a software developer, working in AI, dapp development, smart contracts, blockchain data applications, and other systems.

  • Lead/solo dev on EVM-based DeFi protocols with up to $50M TVL.

  • Founder and CTO of a well-known Bera native protocol, and active member of Berachain community since 2021.

  • Experienced in Solidity, Typescript, SQL, GraphQL, Subgraph indexers and many more languages less relevant to this application.


2. Technical Approach

Our proposed solution will be 100% open source, scalable, and designed for community accessibility while meeting the RFP’s requirements.

Architecture Overview

  • Data Indexing: Dedicated Subsquid indexer for the Berachef and every Reward Vault contract allowing us to ingest vault contract events and related on-chain data in real time for use in the application.

  • Database Layer: PostgreSQL (via Subsquid processor) with TimescaleDB extension for optimized time-series vault metrics storage and querying.

  • Caching Layer: Redis for high-frequency queries, real-time data, and session management to ensure sub-second response times at scale.

  • Public API: Hybrid approach combining auto-generated Subsquid GraphQL for basic vault queries with custom REST endpoints for advanced analytics, alerting, and user management features.

  • Real Time Updates: WebSocket connections and GraphQL subscriptions for live dashboard updates and streaming vault metrics.

  • Web-Based Dashboard: Mobile-responsive, interactive UI for vault monitoring, supporting live updates, historical trends, predictive models, and alert configurations.

  • Custom Alerting System: User-defined thresholds (e.g., emissions drops, large liquidity movements, incentive depletion) with alerts via email, Telegram, or webhook, processed and sent out using a bull queue system

Core Metrics (per RFP)

  • BGT emissions

  • Liquidity inflows/outflows

  • Vault balances

  • Participation rates

Extended Metrics (suggested per Reward Vault Guidelines)

  • Unique holders of the vault’s staking token

  • Holder clustering and ownership concentration analysis

  • Tagging of addresses per vault applicant submissions

  • Contract verification and links to audits

  • Staking token liquidity/TVL

  • % of BGT rewards claimed vs. unclaimed

  • % of BGT rewards sold (“dumped”)

  • Incentive value per month

Technology Stack

  • Indexing: Subsquid with custom mapping scripts

  • Database: PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB extension for time-series data

  • Caching: Redis for API responses and real-time data

  • Backend: Node.js/TypeScript, Express

  • GraphQL/API: Auto-generated Subsquid GraphQL + custom REST endpoints

  • Real Time Data Stream: WebSocket connections + GraphQL subscriptions

  • Frontend: React + Next.js, Tailwind CSS, D3.js for visualizations

Security and Compliance

  • Data Privacy: Minimal PII storage with only email/contact information with explicit user consent for optional alert services. Vault analytics use only public blockchain data.

  • API Security: JWT tokens, CORS policies, comprehensive input validation, and API rate limiting.

  • Infrastructure Security: SSL/TLS encryption, VPC isolation, etc.


3. Timeline & Milestones

Phase 1 – Design & Setup (Week 2-4)

  • Finalize metrics schema, API spec, and UI wireframes

  • Deploy initial Subsquid indexers for Reward Vaults

Phase 2 – MVP Build (Week 5-9)

  • Implement backend API & database

  • Develop dashboard core UI & charts

  • Integrate real-time data streaming & alert engine

Phase 3 – Testing & Launch (Week 10-12)

  • QA on testnet and mainnet data sources

  • Community feedback loop and refinements

  • Public launch + documentation


4. Budget & Resources

We propose to discuss specific financials privately per the RFP. Our budget will be fully itemized, covering:

  • Development & engineering hours

  • Infrastructure & hosting costs

  • Optional ongoing maintenance retainer


5. Risk Assessment & Mitigation

Risk

Mitigation

Data latency from RPC providers

Multi-provider failover, local archive node for critical feeds

Chain upgrades / contract changes

Modular indexer design; versioned API endpoints

High traffic during governance events

Auto-scaling infra, CDN caching for read endpoints

Alert fatigue for users

Granular user-defined thresholds & delivery options


6. Innovation & Alignment with PoL

Our product strengthens Berachain’s PoL framework by:

  • Increasing Transparency: Anyone can verify vault performance and governance-impacting metrics in real time.

  • Empowering Governance: Guardians and BGT holders get actionable insights to govern BGT emissions more effectively.

  • Encouraging Participation: Alerting and extended analytics make it easier for new users to engage and for vault managers to optimize.

  • Enabling Ecosystem Growth: Open API ensures developers can build further tools on top of our data.

  • Ecosystem Resilience: Complements existing tools like Furthermore by providing independent data pipelines and analytics, reducing single-point-of-failure risk and fostering healthy competition that benefits the community.

We are open to incorporating additional features in later phases at the request of the BGT Foundation, including but not limited to gamification (e.g., leaderboards for vault efficiency), AI-driven analytics (e.g., anomaly detection for emissions changes), and a Bera-native rugcheck platform (e.g., systems to assess risk of underlying staking and incentive tokens).


We look forward to collaborating with the BGT Foundation and the Berachain community to make Reward Vaults more transparent, actionable, and engaging for all participants.

WOOF! Proposal: Real-time Analytics Platform for Berachain Reward Vaults

Submitted to: BGT Foundation
Submitted by: WOOF!
Date: August 15th, 2025
Contact: Daniel Koniukh, Business Development daniel@woof.software

Executive Summary

Henlo. WOOF! proposes a real-time dashboard and analytics suite for Berachain Reward Vaults. The platform will be modular, extensible, and open source, optimized for low-latency data ingestion and high availability. Production-grade code quality is a baseline; our primary focus is excellent UX, multi-portrait usability, and actionable insights that maximize user value and set up easy future expansion.

Team Profile

WOOF! has started as a small group of former colleagues, driven by the ambition to dream bigger, build bigger, and push things into a decentralized future.

Today, we are a team of 35 dedicated builders, working closely with industry leaders like Compound, Avalanche, EtherFi, Optimism, Gearbox, OpenZeppelin, Chainlink, and other teams, bringing first‑to‑market products and features, turning concepts into life. Providing full-cycle development on EVM, with a focus on DeFi and infrastructure products.

Core Team Members

Dmitriy Babenko — CTO & Co-Founder, WOOF!

Focus: product design, tech leadership, product delivery

Highlights:

  • Led Compound Finance integration: helped drive +$600M TVL.
  • Shipped 80+ on-chain proposals, 16 markets, 100+ collaterals.
  • Built Sandbox—Compound’s permissionless market framework.

Links: [X] [Compound Partnership] [Sandbox] [Compound Track Record] [WOOF! Github]

The rest of the team will be decided upon approval of the proposal and will depend on availability. We have more than 35 specialists, and some may be busy at times, while others are available.

Track Record

WOOF! is a core Compound Finance contributor since 2023.

1. Compound Rewards Tracking Dashboards

WOOF! has developed a comprehensive platform to track the Compound DAO’s financial activity, including treasury growth, vendor and program runway, and market-generated fees. The platform relies entirely on dynamic on-chain data, features robust dashboards, and allows users to download raw datasets. Additionally, other platforms and service providers can easily integrate this data into their own dashboards.

[Dashboard] [Forum Post]

2. Dune Dashboards for Compound Governance Group

The initiative was created to help the Compound community better track and understand the current and historical state of the protocol’s governance.

[Forum Post] [Dune Dashboard]

3. Compound Sandbox

Compound v3-based permissionless money-market platform, an extension of Compound Finance.

[RFP] [Sneak Peek]

4. Compound Rewards V2

Rewards V2 is an updated mechanism for distributing rewards in Compound V3, introducing a more efficient and scalable approach by leveraging Merkle trees to track and distribute incentives to eligible users. The system supports both retroactive and ongoing rewards distribution, ensuring fairness and flexibility. Moreover, Rewards V2 allows rewards to be distributed in any ERC-20 token, not just COMP, giving governance and integrators the freedom to customize incentive structures.

[Forum Post]

5. Compound Streaming Solution

A universal streaming infrastructure that enables flexible, oracle-powered asset distribution. Solution secures more than $10M in streaming assets.

[Forum Post]

Technical Approach

Goal. Build a reliable, 100% open-source web product for real-time monitoring of Reward Vaults - emissions, inflow/outflow, vault balances, participation, historical trends, configurable alerts, and open APIs. Calculate APR and related metrics strictly from on-chain state and events of RewardVault and its factory, aligned with Berachain documentation.

Indexing. Ponder + PostgreSQL. Reasons: OSI open-source (MIT), simple TypeScript developer experience, clean reorg handling, easy multi-contract support, and fast local iteration. This keeps the stack self-hostable and avoids non-OSI licenses.

API. Nest.js REST (WS on business request) + Server-Sent Events for live updates. OpenAPI spec from day 1. Read-only public endpoints with rate limits.

Data. PostgreSQL as primary store, minut/hourly/daily aggregates for history. Redis as a hot cache and alert queue.

Alerts. Rule-based thresholds and deltas on vault metrics. Delivery via email and webhooks. In-UI alerts and optional browser notifications on user consent.

Frontend. Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind + ECharts (or Highcharts by request). Real-time dashboard, vault details, validator view, filters, CSV export.

Security. No smart contracts in MVP. Strict input validation, idempotent indexer, bounded retries, and explicit reorg-safe policy.

Open Source. MIT license for the whole repo. Public GitHub with Docker Compose, CI, self-host guide, and operator runbook.

Why use such an approach?

Compliance. Berachain RFP asks for 100% open-source. We avoid non-OSI licenses and vendor lock-in.

Reliability first. Index from the chain’s JSON-RPC/WebSocket with a thin, auditable pipeline. Real-time is achieved through SSE, with a small confirmation buffer.

Simplicity. Fewer moving parts, easier audits, and easy handover to community validators for self-hosting, popular frameworks.

No Dune. While Dune is a flexible tool, extracting data from it is costly — the cheapest API plan is $450/month — and its query engine is significantly slower than our real-time PostgreSQL + Redis setup. Our system will provide raw data exports that can be manually imported into Dune if needed.

High-level Architecture

  • Berachain node (WS/HTTP) -> Ponder indexer -> PostgreSQL
  • Nest.js API + SSE (OpenAPI) -> PostgreSQL
  • Redis -> cache + alert queue
  • Next.js UI -> dashboards, filters, alert UI

Must have system features

  • Live metrics per Reward Vault: reward rate, period windows, total supply, inflows/outflows, unique stakers, top holders snapshot.
  • Historical time series with hour/day aggregates and CSV export.
  • Alerts v1: period finish, zero emission, sudden outflow thresholds, webhook/email delivery, UI banners, and toasts.
  • Validator page: current allocations overview.

Timeline and Milestones

As requested in RFP, development cost information will be shared privately. Please, reach out to daniel@woof.software.

The total development timeline is 8 weeks.

Infrastructure Options

Name Specification Yearly cost, USD
AWS Basic - EC2 indexer ~8 vCPU/32 GB: ~320 USD/mo - EC2 API/UI ~4 vCPU/16 GB: ~160 USD/mo - RDS PostgreSQL (db.m6g.large class): ~120 USD/mo - ElastiCache Redis (r6g.large class): ~150 USD/mo - S3 + modest egress: ~10–30 USD/mo - CloudWatch/Route53/SES/CDN: ~10–40 USD/mo ~9.2k–10.2k annually
AWS Standard AWS Basic + dedicated RPC node (EC2 + EBS): +500–1,000 USD/mo ~15.2k–22.2k annually
AWS Premium AWS Standard + Multi-AZ RDS, duplicated EC2 for indexer and API, higher Redis capacity ~26.4k–33.6k annually
Cost-Saver Hybrid - Hetzner 2 VMs (indexer + API): ~40–120 USD/mo - DO managed PostgreSQL: ~60–150 USD/mo - Redis Cloud/Upstash: ~10–70 USD/mo - Object storage + monitoring: ~20–50 USD/mo ~4.2k–6.0k annually

Assumptions

  1. Nest.js (Node) API with Server-Sent Events (SSE), ~50 RPS reads, ~300 concurrent viewers.
  2. Indexer from WebSocket feed with confirmation buffer, reorg-safe.
  3. PostgreSQL as primary store with hourly/daily aggregates; Redis for cache and alerts.
  4. Single AWS region by default (no Multi-AZ unless noted).
  5. Default cloud: AWS; cost-saver hybrid is optional.

Edge Cases

  1. RPC downtime — for AWS Basic/Cost-Saver, you depend on the external RPC provider’s recovery time; AWS Standard/Premium include self-hosted RPC.
  2. SSE fan-out spikes — if concurrent viewers grow to 1.5k+, EC2 and Redis must be scaled up, possibly requiring Multi-AZ RDS.
  3. Event bursts from indexer — may cause CPU/IO saturation; solution: scale out indexer or shard workload.
  4. AZ/Datacenter outage — without Multi-AZ, downtime could last several hours.
  5. Cache layer failure — Redis failover is included in Premium; Basic/Hybrid have Redis as a single point of failure.

Team Resources

Position Responsibilities
Team Lead Architecture and code review
Blockchain Developer Data gathering, advising, and data correctness verification
Backend Developer API development
Frontend Developer Layout bootstrap, backend connection, Playwright coverage
DevOps CI/CD, Docker, self-host packaging, infra bootstrap
QA Manual testing, loading tests
PM Scope, planning, releases
Designer UI system and polish

Risks and Mitigation

Risk Mitigation
RPC reliability and reorgs Retry policy, small confirmation buffer, and idempotent handlers.
Data correctness Formulas and metrics derived from RewardVault contracts only, documented in UI and README.
Scaling Partitioned tables and indices for hot series, Redis cache, and SSE streaming.

Open Source and Deliverables

MIT-licensed repository with:

  • /indexer - Ponder project, ABIs, handlers
  • /api - Nest.js + SSE, OpenAPI
  • /web - Next.js UI
  • /deploy - docker-compose, example env, CI
  • /docs - architecture, DB schema, self-host guide, operator runbook

If you prefer Apache-2.0 over MIT, we can switch the project license before the release.

Innovation and Alignment

This initiative is not just about delivering a functional analytics platform—it’s about aligning with Berachain’s ethos of community-driven innovation, transparency, and performance. We are particularly interested in solutions that address the following goals:

Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Enable governance participants, liquidity providers, and validators to base decisions on accurate, real-time metrics rather than assumptions.
  • Provide historical and predictive analytics to forecast vault performance and liquidity trends.

Empowered Community Participation

  • Deliver clear, actionable insights that make it easier for the Berachain community to engage in liquidity provisioning.
  • Support dashboards and visualizations that cater to both casual token holders and advanced protocol participants.

Catalyst for New DeFi Strategies

  • Inspire the development of innovative liquidity and yield strategies by providing granular vault and validator data.
  • Surface opportunities for arbitrage, rebalancing, and cross-vault optimization.

Validator Performance Insights

  • Track validator activity, uptime, rewards distribution, and alignment with Proof of Liquidity goals.
  • Help delegators and governance make informed validator selections.

Open-Source, Community-Driven Development

  • Build the system entirely open-source to encourage transparency, peer review, and contributions from the global developer community.
  • Create clear developer documentation to accelerate integrations and modifications.

Integration and Interoperability

  • Provide API endpoints and data formats that enable rapid adoption beyond Berachain’s native tools.

By focusing on these pillars, the selected solution will not only monitor Reward Vaults but will actively advance Berachain’s Proof of Liquidity mission, strengthen community trust, and foster a continuous feedback loop between protocol data and ecosystem growth.

Woof!