Title: Dispute
User name: Jose_StableLab (StableLab)
Reason for dispute (please detail):
Thank you SEEDGov for the June 2025 Results of the DIP. For this month, we are surprised StableLab didn’t qualify for the incentives. Particularly, as after the Sky engineering team discovered the incorrect payload value inputted in the Cancelled Sky’s USDS custom gateway Proposal, StableLab coordinated with the Tally team the UI labelling of the Proposal as “Canceled” and mobilised all delegates to vote against it. Shortly after, we published the Post Mortem, including an analysis on the missteps that led to the publication of an incorrect payload for the Proposal.
It is difficult for us to justify how this thorough delegate efforts were overlooked in June’s evaluation for StableLab Incentives. In this case, the Post Mortem post did not make it to neither as top monthly StableLab’s contributions nor bonus points. We consider this post has had major measurable impact in exposing the risks associated with the custom gateway governance process. Proofs of this impact are that the Tally team has already corrected the Submission UI widget to correctly flag failed simulations as a result of our report (image), improving the overall governance security for the Arbitrum ecosystem.
In addition, we believe our thorough communications regarding the complexity and risks of the process has sparked delegate concerns, leading to the proposal to create a Maintenance Upgrades Working Group to discuss a solution to this problem and create a streamlined custom gateway governance procedure that can reduce complexities and risks.
When StableLab initially approached SEEDGov regarding the Delegate Incentive Program, they emphasized the view that delegates do not necessarily need to contribute to all topics but need to be active and professional in their areas of expertise. We are, however, confused how is this vision true when StableLab’s area of expertise - Governance Facilitation - is blatantly overlooked for Delegate Incentives when carried out professionally and diligently, leading to the deployment in Arbitrum One of one of the most critical assets in the industry, USDS, while raising and helping fixing security issues for an also critical DAO governance procedure.
We believe these efforts, particularly the Post Mortem post, should be appropriately evaluated when considering StableLab’s June compensation.