This proposal requests operational funding for Bifrost for a streamlined two-month window, September–October 2026. It follows the June–August 2026 cycle (total $271,379.32), which delivered its headline commitments: bbBNC permanent locking shipped, vTokenVoting reached general availability, and the Pharos LST integration was completed and validated for mainnet. This window's total budget is $120,448.86 (two months at a $60,224.43 monthly cost base), reflecting the transition from a feature-development cycle to an adoption-and-operations cycle: the major engineering workstreams have landed, and the Pharos LST mainnet launch (early September 2026) is executed by the Faroo team with Bifrost providing infrastructure and integration support. The allocation concentrates on personnel continuity, disciplined infrastructure spend, and a lean community/marketing line focused on the launch window and organic channels.
Period: September 2026 – October 2026 (2 months)
Total Operating Budget: $120,448.86
Budget Assumptions:
The budget supports Bifrost's role as a multichain Staking Yield Layer across Polkadot, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Astar, and — following the early-September mainnet launch — the Pharos RWA-focused L1 via Faroo's Pharos LST. This window's priorities are launch support for Pharos LST, adoption growth for bbBNC permanent locking and vTokenVoting, and continued progress on BNC tokenomics and Q4 collateral integration.
| Category | Monthly | 2-Month Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | 42,435.18 | 84,870.36 | 70.46% |
| Server & Infrastructure | 8,136.09 | 16,272.18 | 13.51% |
| Collaboration Tools | 1,242.25 | 2,484.50 | 2.06% |
| Community Operations | 3,106.51 | 6,213.02 | 5.16% |
| Talent Incentive | 5,304.40 | 10,608.80 | 8.81% |
| Total | 60,224.43 | 120,448.86 | 100% |
Total: $84,870.36
Core-team continuity across engineering, product, design, and operations, carrying the protocol from development into live operations.
Total: $16,272.18
Sustains the node, cloud, and monitoring footprint at a reduced level versus the previous cycle, with incremental capacity for the Pharos relayer and oracle infrastructure following mainnet launch.
Total: $2,484.50
Lean tooling stack for communication, research, and development pipelines.
Total: $6,213.02
Intentional ~47% reduction from the previous cycle's marketing line, concentrating spend on the Pharos LST launch window, organic community channels, and content partnerships.
Total: $10,608.80
Continues team development and financial-security support at a reduced level, reflecting the leaner operating envelope.
Pharos LST live on Pharos Mainnet in mid-October 2026 via SLPx integration with Faroo (audited contracts, phased rollout through guarded mainnet to full availability). bbBNC permanent locking and vTokenVoting operating at scale with continued adoption growth, and the security audit cadence maintained across the live contract surface with bug-bounty coverage extended to new attack surface.
This window positions Bifrost at the convergence of liquid staking and real-world assets: Pharos LST delivers the "LST × RWA composable yield" category on Pharos's RWA-focused L1, where users stack tokenized RWA yield with consensus-layer staking rewards through a single composable position. Alongside, bbBNC permanent locking and vTokenVoting deepen long-term BNC holder alignment and Bifrost's role as the governance routing layer for liquid staking, with progress on the BNC tokenomics upgrade and Q4 collateral integration per the published 2026 roadmap.
This window is funded through a treasury asset drawdown — a basket of existing assets (DOT, vDOT, and USDT) — sized to match the two-month operating budget of $120,448.86 exactly, valued as of the August 8, 2026 snapshot (DOT at $0.81; vDOT at an exchange rate of 1.6549 DOT per vDOT). The full DOT and vDOT positions are drawn; the USDT portion is trimmed so the basket totals the budget precisely, with the remaining ~1,014.83 USDT retained in the treasury.
| Asset | Amount | USD Value |
|---|---|---|
| USDT | 76,308 | 76,308.00 |
| vDOT | 31,400 | 41,589.99 |
| DOT | 3,187.5761 | 2,550.87 |
| Total | – | 120,448.86 |
This budget proposal aims to support Bifrost's continued growth across the Polkadot, Ethereum, and Pharos ecosystems while maintaining operational efficiency and community trust. Final figures may be adjusted based on community feedback and end-of-period market conditions.
Bifrost is a project that helps people earn rewards by locking up their digital money. It works on several networks, including Polkadot and Ethereum.
This proposal is for money to run Bifrost for two months, September and October 2026. The total cost is about $120,000. This money pays for the team, computers, and community work.
The team already built new tools. One tool lets people lock their Bifrost coins forever. Another tool helps people vote on decisions. A new tool for the Pharos network will start in early September.
The money is split into parts. Most goes to pay the team, about 70%. Computers and servers cost about 13%. Tools for working together are 2%. Community help is 5%, and team bonuses are 9%.
The main goals are to launch the Pharos tool and help more people use the new voting and locking features. The team also wants to make the Bifrost coin more useful.
To pay for this, Bifrost will take money from its savings. It will use a mix of stable dollars and other coins. This plan keeps Bifrost running well while saving money compared to before.
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