Simple Summary
Gauntlet recommends adding COMP to the Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism reward contracts.
| Chain | Reward Amount |
|---|---|
| Arbitrum | 6,570 |
| Base | 6,750 |
| Optimism | 2,025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbitrum | 3110.29 | 73.0 | 42 |
| Base | 4305.25 | 75.0 | 57 |
| Optimism | 1895.24 | 22.5 | 84 |
Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism currently have a runway that is less than 90 days. Gauntlet recommends topping up an additional three months’ worth of incentives to the listed networks.
Next Steps
- Target on-chain vote - 8/11/25
- We welcome community feedback.