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DAO Dashboards and Governance

DAO tooling usually needs visibility into treasury wallets, governance-token movement, and contract events rather than a single endpoint category. Uniblock works well as a read and monitoring layer across those requirements.

Best-fit workflows

  • Treasury dashboards
  • Governance token monitoring
  • Contract-event monitoring for voting or execution contracts
  • Contributor and wallet activity tracking

Useful starting points:
  • GET /token/balance
  • GET /token/activity
  • GET /token/allowances
  • GET /transactions
  • contract-event webhooks

Suggested implementation flow

1. Build treasury visibility

Start by indexing known treasury and operational wallets. Use token balances and transactions to create:
  • treasury composition views
  • outflow and inflow reports
  • multisig activity summaries

2. Track governance token movement

Use token activity and transfer data to monitor:
  • whale movement
  • delegate or contributor wallet changes
  • unusual governance-token concentration shifts

3. Monitor governance contracts

Use contract-event webhooks for:
  • proposal creation
  • execution events
  • protocol-specific governance actions
This is especially useful when the DAO runs custom contracts and you want event-driven automation around them.

4. Use JSON-RPC where contract-level detail matters

If the governance flow depends on contract state reads that are not modeled in the Unified API, use JSON-RPC for contract calls while keeping Uniblock as the shared routing layer.

Common pitfalls

Governance data is often split between token movement and contract state. Do not assume one source alone is enough for a full DAO dashboard.
Allowance data can be important for operational wallets. If your DAO uses treasury automation, include approvals and permissions in reviews.