Hi
I would like to reply to share why I voted ‘nay’ on the proposal. Before I continue I would like to clearify 2 points, based on the history related to this project:
- These opinions are my own; Our community council consist out of 5 votes, I only represent 1.
- Don’t expect an open forum debate;
As community council I voted on the proposal to whitelist SFY Labs to dApp Staking, my vote was ‘nay’:
Becaus the voting was about dApp Staking, I found some misalignment with the code of conduct that can be found here: dApp Staking Code of Conduct | Welcome to Astar
dApp Staking is not a grant or charity program. Projects must be capable of sustaining themselves without relying solely on staking rewards.
Based on the discussion happening here, I have a personal worry. This personal worry is based on SFY Labs history at Astar. What if SFY Labs joins dApp Staking and stakers are not coming and rewards are low, SFY Labs will attact Astar Foundation again for not supporting smaller project. So I would like to know as part of chaning my decision: are you aligned with this rule in the code of conduct, that you are responsible for the to keep your project sustainable without relying solely on staking rewards coming from dApp Staking.
Related to this of building a systainable project, I’m wondering how you build and maintain community. Based on your Twitter profile, I found: SFY Labs. This hub links to your Telegram that doesn’t allow messages and has been silent since January. I have doubts if this whole discussion is of any value to Astar.
As you are aware is that Astar is now a Collective with entities as ACC (Astar Community Council), AFC (Astar Finance Committee), … and also Astar Foundation. As part of ACC in the Collective, I don’t see any value for the ASTR token in what I can find.
Inclusion in dApp Staking does not imply endorsement or automatic trust. Projects must earn and maintain credibility through transparent operations, strong community engagement, and consistent results.
After being banned on the forum for well-know reasons, you came back immediatly with a proposal to join dApp Staking, UCG and even went for treasury request for funding… I would have expected that you first would try to gain back the trust in the Astar community and stakeholders before going with a treasury proposal or a new dApp Staking listing after being delisted.
It would have been a huge difference if you just launched the game on Astar to show your commitment, or a social post saying about your commitment again towards Astar or any statement about what happened before.
Small other concerns:
- I’m wondering during the Moonbeam space you posted, you prefered to keep anonymous? The other gaming projects turned on their cam’s but you decided not to do this. What’s the reason?
- I’m not a gamer, so I’m not able to judge your gaming studio skills.
- Do you see yourself as gaming studio for the niche market? The reason why I’m asking is that you keep focusing on RMRK while based on my research there hasn’t been any developments anymore or BD towards this standard (since 2024). Reference: RMRK Team · GitHub, because you keep focusing on this standards your focus is on a niche market, is this correct? My worries here is that there is no adoption of any major NFT marketplace with this standard.
It would be great to answer some of my questions but I hope you don’t go in to a defense mode but can answer in a professional way as a founder should.
PS: I don’t engage in DMs around this topic.