Haenko, did you already tell everyone how you drained the Gaming DAO treasury with your “final” payments for so-called consular work?
The three consuls — Haenko, CryptoGarik (a DevHub contributor), and Jeff — pulled out the remaining funds from Gaming DAO:
• $6,300 to Jeff
• $3,300 to Haenko
• $2,000 to CryptoGarik
— all justified based on the “progress review” of your third consul’s project?
NDC is officially over, but people like this remain.
And that’s not all — after NDC was shut down, Haenko paid himself an extra $3,000 as a “final salary.”
Then, on top of that, Haenko also withdrew another $3,500 to his own wallet, using a proposal that was supposedly for the Tenamint project:
near. org/astraplusplus.ndctools.near/widget/home?page=dao&tab=proposals&daoId=gaming-dao.sputnik-dao.near&proposalId=116
To be honest, I don’t quite understand how your comment relates to the report from the WG leads — and what Gaming DAO has to do with any of this. But since you’re publicly accusing me and other respected contributors in the ecosystem, I’ll respond.
After the NDC formally ended, Gaming DAO continued operating for another six months. We were reviewing proposals and milestones. Even though funding from NDC had stopped, we kept working.
After six months, it became clear that some projects wouldn’t be able to submit their remaining milestones. This left unallocated funds with no way to return them. In this situation, we decided it would be fair to compensate ourselves for the work we continued doing throughout that period. This wasn’t a “cash grab” — it was a reasonable and transparent decision under the circumstances.
As for the link claiming I received funds from Tenamint — it doesn’t open, so I can’t verify what exactly it refers to. But I do have a good idea.
The Tenamint team accidentally submitted a funding proposal with my wallet listed as the recipient. It was a mistake. As soon as they noticed it, they created a corrected proposal with the proper wallet.
Here’s a screenshot from our chat confirming that: you can clearly see the team acknowledging the error, stating that the funds were not supposed to go to me, and quickly resubmitting a new proposal. I didn’t receive a single cent from that transaction. Anyone familiar with DAO tools and on-chain records can easily verify this.
So before throwing around public accusations, it would be good to check the facts.
Thank you for your engagement and commitment to protecting the NEAR ecosystem. I share your dedication to maintaining the integrity of our community.
I’d like to address the concerns raised and provide clarification on the matters mentioned:
Regarding Evgeny’s Involvement
Evgeny was a dedicated contributor to the NDC during its active period, demonstrating consistent commitment to the communities success.
Tenamint Proposal Clarification
The referenced Tenamint proposal was submitted in error and was not approved. Consequently, no funds were transferred in connection with this proposal.
DragonVerse Incubator Payment Details
The $6,300 payment represents the final compensation for the DragonVerse Incubator development team’s completion of milestones 2 and 3:
Milestone 2: $2,000
Milestone 3: $4,000
Total: $6,000 + 5% slippage allowance = $6,300 (at NEAR price of $3.13 USD)
I welcome constructive dialogue about ecosystem governance and appreciate your vigilance. To ensure our discussions remain productive, I encourage reviewing proposal documentation before raising concerns, as this strengthens our collective efforts to maintain transparency and accountability.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of the NEAR ecosystem.
Reading the last updates, enforcer, you were neither given the funds nor the authorization for this. Three petty thieves looted the remaining Gaming DAO treasury — nothing new in this ecosystem. And now one one them is “ voluntarily” acting like a HoS representative.
The final stage of funding was supposed to end on June 16th. As stated: “The Congress will continue to accept funding requests until May 15th, 2024 for activities taking place up to the last day of Congress’ mandate, which is June 16th, 2024.”
Most of the funds were spent on remuneration for the consuls and financing their own projects.
The GamingDAO may not have been perfect, but at least they were able to allocate a small grant of $5k USD to Pumpopoly. This is more than what the HoS has done. Thus far we’ve seen months of “coming soon” promos.
I’ve expressed some substantial critiques about the HoS and the general inability to frame some of the problems coherently. After directly answering some of Lane’s questions, he played the off-topic card. I’ve also offered constructive feedback when prompted.
Anyone can review that thread for themselves. If mentioning something is on-topic, then explaining why it is incoherent is also on-topic. Otherwise, all criticism would be deemed “off-topic”. I’ve previously been banned from this forum for “inciting dissent”.
I look forward to the HoS actually beginning in earnest, so that we may evaluate their performance. I do believe that many of the delegates are capable and aware of past issues. There are many difficulties here. I encourage criticisms to be directed towards systemic failures, rather than individuals. This should result in a more productive discussion.
That said, if critiques of systemic failures are dismissed as “off-topic”, then there’s very little meaning to having a discussion at all.
Hello! Due to the nature of some DAOs—for example, Gaming DAOs—their payouts were distributed based on achievements and project timelines (approved in Q1, Q2 2025). Other unused funds were refunded back to the treasury.
I’m absolutely here for constructive, critical feedback, and I encourage you and others to keep it coming. Just to be clear, by “off topic” I simply meant it’s not directly relevant to the “transparency thread” - your comments aren’t themselves transparency updates, nor were they direct responses or questions to updates myself or others had posted.
“Off topic” might not be the right subject here. Feel free to propose a better one and I’ll change it, or better yet, start another thread. We need more HoS-related threads here.
