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| entity | decision_market | Salmon Wallet: Futardio Fundraise | internet-finance | failed | salmon-wallet | futardio | https://www.futard.io/launch/Aakx1gdDoNQYqiv5uoqdXx56mGr6AbZh73SWpxHrk2qF | 2026-03-03 | 2026-03-04 | fundraise | Open-source wallet seeking $375K for 12-month operational runway through futarchy-governed raise |
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rio | 2026-03-11 |
Salmon Wallet: Futardio Fundraise
Summary
Salmon Wallet attempted to raise $375K through MetaDAO's futarchy platform for 12-month operational runway covering team, infrastructure, growth, and governance costs. The project proposed SAL token governance for an open-source self-custodial wallet with own Solana validator operations. Fundraise failed to reach minimum threshold, achieving only 26% of target before entering refunding status.
Market Data
- Outcome: Failed (Refunding)
- Total Committed: $97,535 of $375,000 target (26%)
- Duration: 1 day (launched 2026-03-03, closed 2026-03-04)
- Token: SAL (Salmon Token)
Budget Breakdown
Proposed $25K monthly burn:
- Team: $18,300/month (73%)
- Infrastructure: $4,200/month (17%)
- Growth & Ecosystem: $2,000/month (8%)
- Governance, Legal & Contingency: $500/month (2%)
Significance
First observed futarchy-governed wallet infrastructure project on MetaDAO platform. The failed raise provides empirical evidence that futarchy mechanisms face adoption friction when applied to operational software projects requiring sustained development funding, despite the project's established track record (active since 2022, listed on Solana wallet adapter, $122.5K prior funding). This contrasts with futarchy's demonstrated success in pure capital allocation vehicles and meme coins, suggesting mechanism fit varies significantly by project type.
The detailed operational planning required (quarterly milestones, burn rate projections, budget breakdowns) despite futarchy governance demonstrates that market mechanisms alone cannot provide operational security and legal compliance, requiring traditional corporate governance scaffolding even for futarchy-native projects.
Relationship to KB
- salmon-wallet — parent entity
- futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements — empirical confirmation
- MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale — scope expansion evidence
- futarchy-governed DAOs converge on traditional corporate governance scaffolding for treasury operations because market mechanisms alone cannot provide operational security and legal compliance — operational scaffolding confirmation