[Gauntlet] - Rewards Top Up for Ethereum, Base and Optimism (10/3/25)
01Summary
Gauntlet proposes allocating 32,220 COMP to Ethereum, 8,100 COMP to Base, and 2,430 COMP to Optimism reward contracts to address critical funding shortages. Ethereum and Base reward contracts have zero days of runway remaining, while Optimism has only 3 days.
- Type
- treasury allocation
Key changes
- Grant 32,220 COMP to Ethereum reward contract (0x1B0e765F6224C21223AeA2af16c1C46E38885a40)(high)
- Grant 8,100 COMP to Base reward contract (0x6d903f6003cca6255D85CcA4D3B5E5146dC33925) via bridge deposit(high)
- Grant 2,430 COMP to Optimism reward contract (0x443EA0340cb75a160F31A440722dec7b5bc3C2E9) via bridge deposit(high)
Notable concerns
- Ethereum reward contract has zero days of runway remaining
- Base reward contract has zero days of runway remaining
- Optimism reward contract has only 3 days of runway remaining
- Arbitrum mentioned in table but not included in this top-up proposal
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02Description
[Gauntlet] - Rewards Top Up for Ethereum, Base and Optimism (10/3/25)
Gauntlet recommends adding additional COMP to the reward contracts of Ethereum, Optimism and Arbitrum:
| Chain | Reward Amount |
|---|---|
| Base | 8,100 |
| Optimism | 2,430 |
| Ethereum | 32,220 |
Analysis
Below is the projected runway in each chain’s rewards contract.
| Chain | Rewards contract COMP token holdings | Current Daily COMP token reward distributions | Remaining days of runway (not including existing claimable rewards) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polygon | 1,049 | 23.0 | 45 |
| Optimism | 106 | 27.0 | 3 |
| Ethereum | 141 | 358 | 0 |
| Base | 0 | 90.0 | 0 |
| Arbitrum | 6276 | 66 | 95 |
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03Mismatch analysis
I compared the COMP amounts and chains listed in the proposal's table (Base 8,100; Optimism 2,430; Ethereum 32,220) against the decoded calldata. The amounts match exactly: action 0 grants 32,220 COMP to an Ethereum-side rewards contract; actions 1-3 grant, approve, and bridge 8,100 COMP to a Base recipient address; actions 4-6 do the same for 2,430 COMP to an Optimism recipient. All numeric values line up precisely with the table, and the bridging pattern (grant → approve → depositERC20To) is standard boilerplate for moving COMP cross-chain, which the description reasonably omits as a mechanical detail. The only issue found is an internal inconsistency in the description itself: the introductory sentence names 'Ethereum, Optimism and Arbitrum' as the recipients, while the table (and the calldata) actually target Ethereum, Base, and Optimism. This looks like a copy-paste error rather than an attempt to mislead, since the table and proposal title are correct and match the calldata. Because the substantive information (amounts, recipient chains via the table) is accurate and only a stray sentence conflicts, I classified this as a minor_discrepancy rather than material or severe. Confidence is high because the numeric values match with full precision and the calldata structure (comptroller grant + bridge deposit) is unambiguous.
Discrepancies
- lowmisleading phrasing
The opening sentence of the description says COMP is being added to reward contracts on 'Ethereum, Optimism and Arbitrum', but the table (and the actual on-chain actions) show the three chains involved are Ethereum, Base, and Optimism — not Arbitrum. This appears to be a leftover/typo from a prior proposal template, since the title and table correctly reference Base.
“Gauntlet recommends adding additional COMP to the reward contracts of Ethereum, Optimism and Arbitrum”
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04Actions
- Target
- 0x3d98…cd3b
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- _grantComp(address,uint256)
- Arguments
{ "amount": "32220000000000000000000", "recipient": "0x1B0e765F6224C21223AeA2af16c1C46E38885a40" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x3d98…cd3b
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- _grantComp(address,uint256)
- Arguments
{ "amount": "8100000000000000000000", "recipient": "0x6d903f6003cca6255D85CcA4D3B5E5146dC33925" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0xc00e…6888
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- approve(address,uint256)
- Arguments
{ "amount": "8100000000000000000000", "address": "0x3154Cf16ccdb4C6d922629664174b904d80F2C35" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x3154…2c35
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- depositERC20To(address,address,address,uint256,uint32,bytes)
- Arguments
{ "_to": "0x123964802e6ABabBE1Bc9547D72Ef1B69B00A6b1", "_amount": "8100000000000000000000", "_l1Token": "0xc00e94Cb662C3520282E6f5717214004A7f26888", "_l2Token": "0x9e1028F5F1D5eDE59748FFceE5532509976840E0", "_extraData": "0x", "_minGasLimit": "200000" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x3d98…cd3b
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- _grantComp(address,uint256)
- Arguments
{ "amount": "2430000000000000000000", "recipient": "0x6d903f6003cca6255D85CcA4D3B5E5146dC33925" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0xc00e…6888
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- approve(address,uint256)
- Arguments
{ "amount": "2430000000000000000000", "address": "0x99C9fc46f92E8a1c0deC1b1747d010903E884bE1" }- Calldata
- Target
- 0x99c9…4be1
- Value
- 0 wei
- Function
- depositERC20To(address,address,address,uint256,uint32,bytes)
- Arguments
{ "_to": "0x443EA0340cb75a160F31A440722dec7b5bc3C2E9", "_amount": "2430000000000000000000", "_l1Token": "0xc00e94Cb662C3520282E6f5717214004A7f26888", "_l2Token": "0x7e7d4467112689329f7E06571eD0E8CbAd4910eE", "_extraData": "0x", "_minGasLimit": "200000" }- Calldata
05Tally
Summed from votes
06Voters
| Voter | Choice | % of total | Rationale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 660x66cd…65f9 | For | 80.1K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| B90xb933…8dd1 | For | 80K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| 070x0703…961b | For | 80K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| 130x13bd…8548 | For | 80K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| 3F0x3fb1…4c8a | For | 80K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| B40xb49f…7948 | For | 80K | 11.70% | — | 2y ago |
| 220x2210…d02e | For | 53.1K | 7.76% | — | 2y ago |
| B30xb356…c826 | For | 50.3K | 7.35% | — | 2y ago |
| 7A0x7ae1…e585 | For | 50K | 7.31% | — | 2y ago |
| 050x0579…ca09 | For | 50K | 7.31% | — | 2y ago |
| 210x21b3…fa75 | For | 502 | 0.07% | — | 2y ago |
| 050x0579…4048 | For | 11.2 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| C30xc33f…0477 | For | 6 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 4A0x4a46…c1a6 | For | 3 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| B70xb792…89d7 | For | 2 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| CB0xcbc9…c527 | For | 1.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 010x0151…c3b9 | For | 1.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 330x33c1…d810 | For | 1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 170x1729…b879 | For | 1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| C60xc6d7…bfb2 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 9A0x9a0f…8de8 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 610x61ff…9630 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| BC0xbc05…d887 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| D90xd953…661e | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| D10xd1d5…ddd8 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| AA0xaa5a…f3cf | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 940x9451…ca19 | Against | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| D80xd8de…ae41 | For | 0.1 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 2A0x2aeb…5234 | Against | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| C40xc44c…d0a7 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| E20xe2f9…3ee0 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 790x794e…15a6 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| F00xf0d7…0773 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| B90xb9b5…b089 | Against | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| E50xe5bd…7091 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| F80xf88c…bdfd | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
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| 290x29d8…8721 | Abstain | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
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| 270x27fc…56f5 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 3B0x3b1a…1228 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
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| 2B0x2bff…38ae | Against | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| 210x211d…a771 | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
| C10xc1e8…bb3c | For | 0 | 0.00% | — | 2y ago |
07Forum
- [Gauntlet] Rewards Contract Top-Up for Ethereum, Base and Optimism (3/10/25) ↗discourse · high confidence
Arguments for
- Base, Optimism, and Ethereum reward contracts face imminent depletion (0-3 days of runway), requiring immediate top-up to maintain distribution continuity.— Gauntlet
Arguments against
None surfaced.
Notable participants
- GauntletProposal author recommending COMP rewards top-up for three chains with detailed runway analysis.
- FifczejCommunity member seeking clarification on voting timeline.
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