---
type: entity
entity_type: decision_market
name: "Sanctum: Should Sanctum build a Sanctum Mobile App (Wonder)?"
domain: internet-finance
status: failed
parent_entity: "[[sanctum]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "proPaC9tVZEsmgDtNhx15e7nSpoojtPD3H9h4GqSqB2"
proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/2frDGSg1frwBeh3bc6R7XKR2wckyMTt6pGXLGLPgoota"
proposal_date: 2025-03-28
resolution_date: 2025-03-31
category: "strategy"
summary: "Proposal to build Wonder, a mobile app for crypto onboarding focused on user experience, safety, and yield-bearing assets"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Sanctum: Should Sanctum build a Sanctum Mobile App (Wonder)?

## Summary
This proposal sought governance approval for Sanctum to build "Wonder," a mobile app designed to onboard mainstream users into crypto through simplified UX (no seed phrases), yield-bearing assets (SOL, JUP, CLOUD, USDC), gasless transactions, and curated project participation. The proposal emphasized consumer-facing value capture and cited comparable valuations (Phantom at $3B, Jupiter at $1.7B market cap) as market validation. The proposal failed, indicating community preference for Sanctum to maintain focus on its core B2B liquid staking business.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Failed
- **Proposer:** proPaC9tVZEsmgDtNhx15e7nSpoojtPD3H9h4GqSqB2
- **Proposal Account:** 2frDGSg1frwBeh3bc6R7XKR2wckyMTt6pGXLGLPgoota
- **DAO Account:** GVmi7ngRAVsUHh8REhKDsB2yNftJTNRt5qMLHDDCizov
- **Autocrat Version:** 0.3
- **Duration:** 2025-03-28 to 2025-03-31 (3 days)

## Significance
This represents a major strategic fork for Sanctum between B2B infrastructure focus and consumer product expansion. The failure signals that futarchy governance can reject founder-led strategic pivots when the community perceives opportunity cost risk. The proposal's explicit acknowledgment that "building this mobile app will require significant resources and will affect to some degree our focus on scale the core business" made the tradeoff transparent, and the market chose to preserve focus on the existing liquid staking business over consumer app expansion.

The proposal also demonstrates futarchy being used for strategic validation beyond capital allocation—no CLOUD funds were requested, but the team sought governance approval for the largest product decision in Sanctum's history.

## Proposed Features
- Seedless wallet architecture ("safe and easy" onboarding)
- Automatic yield optimization on deposits
- Gasless trades and transfers
- Fiat offramp via card or bank transfer
- Curated project discovery and investment
- Potential MetaDAO launchpad integration

## Monetization Models Considered
- AUM fees on deposits
- Swap fees
- Subscription fees

## Relationship to KB
- [[sanctum]] - strategic governance decision
- [[futardio]] - platform used for decision market
- [[metadao]] - mentioned for potential launchpad integration
- [[MetaDAOs futarchy implementation shows limited trading volume in uncontested decisions]] - this was a contested strategic decision
