Arbitrum’s Fast Feed proposal would send 97% of its revenue to the DAO treasury. Read the full analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a list of FAQs about the proposal for Arbitrums Fast Feed to send 97 of its revenue to the DAO treasury
BeginnerLevel Questions
Q What is Arbitrums Fast Feed
A Its a service that provides superfast price data to apps built on Arbitrum so they can operate quickly and accurately
Q What does send 97 of its revenue to the DAO treasury mean
A It means that almost all the money the Fast Feed makes from fees will go directly to the communitycontrolled fund instead of staying with the Fast Feed team or being used for other expenses
Q Why would they give away almost all of the revenue
A The idea is to make the Fast Feed a public good for the Arbitrum ecosystem By giving the money to the DAO the community can decide how to reinvest it
Q Who decides how the DAO treasury spends that money
A The Arbitrum DAOa community of token holders who vote on proposals So anyone holding ARB tokens can have a say
Q Will this make the Fast Feed free to use
A No The Fast Feed will still charge fees to apps that use it But instead of keeping the profit 97 of those fees will be sent to the treasury
AdvancedLevel Questions
Q What happens to the other 3 of revenue
A That small portion is likely kept to cover the Fast Feeds operational costs The exact use is usually detailed in the full proposal
Q How does this compare to other oracle services like Chainlink
A Chainlink typically pays node operators and keeps a profit margin This proposal flips that model the Fast Feed runs as a nonprofitlike service funneling nearly all profit back to the community
Q What problem does this proposal solve
A It solves the value capture problem Currently many infrastructure services extract value from the ecosystem This proposal keeps that value inside Arbitrum funding the DAO directly and potentially lowering costs for developers