# SSV x Frens grant proposal \[Staking pool as a service\]

**URL:** <https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879>\
**Category:** Grants\
**Created:** [January 7, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879 "2023-01-07T07:57:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenAffleck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ssv.network/benaffleck/32/19_2.png) [@BenAffleck](https://forum.ssv.network/u/BenAffleck)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879/1 "2023-01-07T07:57:04Z")

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We want to inform the community that the grant committee has approved the following grant request on **2022-11-07** :

[Fens - Staking pool as a service](https://ssvnetwork.notion.site/fc776686e02d470fab5e0cfc9154c584?v=ec207c912086488d922b7da4c0a17c6f&p=948c3b5bd5d043c493ae184abe7f5e6a&pm=s)

**Total grant:** $85k

**Payment terms:** The grant will be paid in **70% SSV and 30% USDC** tokens based on a **90-day moving price average** as of the approval date, re-calculated for every milestone.

Thank you 🍀

—Grant Committee

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**Author:** ![heeckhau](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ssv.network/heeckhau/32/341_2.png) [@heeckhau](https://forum.ssv.network/u/heeckhau)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879/2 "2023-02-01T10:12:02Z")

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> FRENS enables groups of friends to start staking Ethereum and run validators in a fun, easy and secure way

We are proud to announce we successfully delivered milestone 1 of our Grant.

You can try our solution at [https://frens.fun](https://frens.fun)

Join the discussion on [Discord](https://discord.gg/yx53KwrvRS)

All sources are available at [https://github.com/orgs/frens-pool/repositories](https://github.com/orgs/frens-pool/repositories)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ssvnetwork/original/1X/36b54d122393d0f6aaec35af30efdfacb1b653b8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![normad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ssv.network/normad/32/190_2.png) [@normad](https://forum.ssv.network/u/normad)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879/3 "2024-02-27T16:47:10Z")

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We are happy to annouce progress on this grant:

1. Milestone 2 has been achieved
2. One smart contract audit is done
3. First frens-ssv mainnet validator is up and runing

A little more information on the second milestone:  
We improved the smart contracts, the frontend and the NFT art as described in our initial grant proposal.

The above links of Hendrik still work as so give it a spin on the testnet. Once the second smart contract audit is done you will be able to play with it on mainnet.

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-27 at 09.45.24](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ssvnetwork/original/1X/dbf48c62ffcbc1c23649776cf670a20aabc45e3b.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot 2024-02-27 at 09.48.06](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ssvnetwork/original/1X/172993d48ebe130524bb818e7b98f7cbf3cd69b5.jpeg)