Whitelist wallet for the deployment of NFT Marketplace, LST Platform, and DEX by BackBone Labs

This proposal requests Cosmos Hub community approval to whitelist the following wallet for smart contract deployment by BackBone Labs: Deployment Wallet [cosmos1js483tqdkcpp8yg6u648vt4a5wzq4gv86p26cn5xx76esxqrvreqk6mw8h] (daodao.zone/dao/cosmos1js483tqdkcpp8yg6u648vt4a5wzq4gv86p26cn5xx76esxqrvreqk6mw8h/home) We seek permission to deploy our suite of products, including: • A capital-efficient NFT marketplace • A liquid staking platform for bATOM • A decentralized exchange (DEX) BackBone Labs is asking for deployment access—nothing more. No funding, no grants, no emissions. We come to contribute. About BackBone Labs BackBone Labs is a Cosmos-native infrastructure team operating across Osmosis, Injective, Terra, Dungeon, and Chihuahua. Our work fuses DeFi primitives with NFT infrastructure to create composable systems governed by their communities. Our active products include: The GraveDigger – Liquid staking platform with bASSET issuance. The Necropolis – A capital-efficient NFT marketplace where idle assets are activated. SkeletonSwap – A DEX optimized for low-fee, permissionless trading of ecosystem-native tokens. We don’t just launch…

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Gm fam! I’m the founder of Ark Protocol. We’ve launched our InterChain Launchpad on the Hub. Our HUBbits PFPs will be the first-ever genesis collection there - coming end of May. We’re also merging Asteroid Protocol - including its inscription-based marketplace (alrdy on the Hub!) - into Ark.

Ark and BackBone Labs believe in diversity and best-in-class utility on the Hub. We’re stronger together, not competing!

BBL backed us, Ark, early - true LUNAtics solidarity! Since then, projects like pixeLions, Mad Scientists, NCoS, Architects, Sloths, Bad Kids, Galactic Mining Club, and Galactic Syndicate have all benefited from our IBC-enabled, and now $ATOM-powered NFTs.

The Cosmos Hub is the place. With more exciting launches - like Stargaze - on the horizon, let’s open the floodgates and write the next chapter of the AEZ together!

@Mag @redphone @CuriousJ @Syed @Cosmos_Nanny @Govmos @Guinch_Roze @Tagu @StunZeed @whyre

Inclusiveness and synergy are the secret sauce ingredients of the Cosmos.

I can’t find a reason why to be opposed to this. Not asking for money, contributing? Yes.

You are correct.

We do not seek funding, we seek collaboration and synergy.

A strong ATOM = a strong Cosmos

Working with Backbone Labs this past while, I’ve seen how they draw together many chains and communities and help them all grow symbiotically. Cosmos Hub could really use their community building powers.

Would love to see a $bAtom NFTfi collection. Personally, I hope the $SOUL token launches on Cosmos Hub for a great display of $Atom alignment.

But an NFT marketplace, liquid staking token integrated into the NFTs, and a dex, all with existing and active community seems like a no-brainer to build along side all the new projects being attracted to the Hub.

Can we have the link from the audits?

Great team building in the Cosmos system. Started with Terra, Osmosis, Injective, and others. Cosmos needs a marketplace. This would be a great place to start.

Given the hub will be removing CosmWasm, do you have a plan to switch from CW to EVM for all your deployments/contracts?

Seems silly to deploy anything on the hub using CW when its going to be removed.

Hello Mr-T , one question, maybe you could share more detail. Considering backboneLab is coming to the hub with an already existing brand (protocol, marketplace app..etc) , what’s the plan in regards of the merging of Ark protocol and Asteroid platform ?

Knowing Stargaze may be coming to the Hub, BBL coming to the Hub, does Asteroid would be a third NFT marketplace working in parrallese with the two others ? Or is it just a plan to merge Ark protocol UI into Asteroid ? Or merge the 3 together ? (BBL + ARK/Asteroid)

Rarma: Given the hub will be removing CosmWasm, do you have a plan to switch from CW to EVM for all your deployments/contracts? Seems silly to deploy anything on the hub using CW when its going to be removed. tl;dr: Let’s be business- and not tech-driven ;). Though CosmWasm will cease to exist on the Hub, it will continue on other chains as well. Costs for builders with cross-chain solutions will increase and need to plan accordingly. Good point. Longterm the Hub plans transitioning to EVM. So far we, Ark, and DAODAO has cw contracts deployed on the Hub. Stargaze also plans deploying their cw contracts here as well. First of all: most utlities are build on cw contracts. Imho it is a “business-driven cw contracts vs technical-driven EVM” discussion for now. The Hub’s bet on EVM is clearly business driven - but it is still a bet rn. There is a transition needed until then, imho cw wont go anytime soon. Nevertheless all builders affiliated with the Hub needs to address this soon (note: rn a group of chains, led by Neutron, go double-down on cw, so it looks like there will be 2 parties at Cosmos: EVM- and CW-supporting chains). Noam plans to chat with Ark and DAODAO…

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Tagu: Considering backboneLab is coming to the hub with an already existing brand (protocol, marketplace app..etc) , what’s the plan in regards of the merging of Ark protocol and Asteroid platform ? Knowing Stargaze may be coming to the Hub, BBL coming to the Hub, does Asteroid would be a third NFT marketplace working in parrallese with the two others ? Or is it just a plan to merge Ark protocol UI into Asteroid ? Or merge the 3 together ? (BBL + ARK/Asteroid) Asteroid’s Marketplace is the first and yet only marketplace on the Hub - rn it supports only inscription-based collections. But behind the scenes we are working on extending it, for including both inscriptions and NFTs. Also inscriptions will be able to go interchain as well. We also plan providing utilities for passportholders. Some thoughts here: https://x.com/MrTsCode/status/1922948867638636952 Besides: Ark is neutral like Switzerland and both, Stargaze and BBL, are our partners. There there’s some overlap, imho all 3 of us differs greatly in many ways. Why should the Cosmos bet just on one solution, wen they can onboard all of 'em ? As JG said: Inclusiveness and synergy are the secret sauce…

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No discussion needed…No brainer!

Yes, we have plans to rewrite everything in solidity.

We are aware of the hubs directions and have planned accordingly.

Of course. I will update the original post with the links.

I think this is a great idea, backbone labs has faced huge challenges and they continue to build. All they are asking for is support from the community. This has my vote for sure!!!

Hello! Good proposal and great opportunity to build something new and helpful! We will support it!

i fully support this.

disclosure for those who dont know: i collaborate with BBL

Audit links have been added.

What’s the timeline of deployments?

I would love to see this on the hub sooner than later. Although i have few questions for the bAssets and these are being staked to validators.

Yes.

We work with trusted validators on every chain we produce an LST on.

Once wallet approval quite quickly.

I’ve been interested in the intersection of art, narrative, and creative defi ever since the Lion DAO brought together survivors of the Terra crash to rebuild and chart out a new course for the beleaguered community.

One of Lion DAO’s earliest partners was BackBone Labs, whose NFT platform Necropolis minted our flagship collection, the pixeLions. BBL has been at the forefront of aligning artwork with novel defi incentives in the form of NFTfi from the beginning. BBL has now built one of the most far-reaching and interesting NFTfi ecosystems in the Cosmos and is looking to expand those services even further with their Prop 1001 to whitelist the LST $bATOM.

Prop 1001 doesn’t ask for funds from the community, it simply seeks clearance to deploy on the Cosmos Hub products BBL has already built and fine-tuned on their own.

What BBL has created already on multiple Cosmos chains is a layered, gamified, NFT-governed value flywheel powered by yield, royalties, airdrops, and community development across the Cosmos. The Lion DAO and the pixeLions DAO fully support BBL’s proposed expansion into the CosmosHub with $bATOM and we encourage everyone to do the same on this proposal.

Hi @BackBone_Labs , we’re all very excited to see your team join the community and contribute to the Hub! However, this prop is incorrectly formatted and would remove the previously allow-listed addresses for ICL, DAO DAO and ARK Protocol. This would break things for us.

There are also developments around the Hub’s future VM & CW and I suggest we hop on a call before your team spends significant resources building a product on top of CW. I’ll DM you on Twitter

We have booked a call.

Noam:

this prop is incorrectly formatted and would remove the previously allow-listed addresses for ICL, DAO DAO and ARK Protocol. This would break things

This being the case, folks should vote No on proposal 1001.

POSTHUMAN votes NO on Proposal #1001

Not because of BackBone, but because this prop is incorrectly formatted and would remove the previously allow-listed addresses

We are waiting for new correct proposal, and we will vote YES

To all validators, who voted YES: please, revote to NO, this proposal is incorrect