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Ambire Governance Proposal: Remove the NFT Requirement for Ambire Rewards

We propose removing the NFT minting requirement as a prerequisite for joining Ambire Rewards. Characters remain as offchain avatars you pick at onboarding, and any NFTs already minted stay as collectibles. This change reduces friction and makes more users eligible to be active.

Stefan

Oct 2, 2025 • 2 min read

Ambire proposes to remove the NFT mint as a requirement for Ambire Rewards participation

This governance proposal aims to determine whether to remove the NFT minting requirement for participation in Ambire Rewards. The character you choose will remain as your profile picture in the Rewards dashboard, but new participants won’t need to mint an NFT to start earning.

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If the Season 1 extension vote (currently live) passes with a “Yes” vote, these changes will take effect during the current Season 1. If it doesn’t, they will take effect starting in Season 2.

Proposal overview

We propose removing the onchain NFT mint as a prerequisite for participating in Ambire Rewards. This action aims to reduce friction and simplify onboarding to the program.

Here is how this change will affect participants:

New and existing users who haven’t minted on Ethereum won’t need to mint an NFT to accrue rewards.
The current characters remain as a profile picture (offchain) that users can pick during onboarding.
Existing NFT mints will remain collectibles for those who minted them, but they will no longer be required for participation.

The Question is: Should Ambire remove the NFT mint as a requirement to participate in Ambire Rewards?

Voting options

Yes - Remove the NFT
No - Keep the NFT
Abstrain

Applicability & timing

If the Season 1 extension vote passes with “Yes,” this change will take effect during Season 1.
If the extension vote does not pass, this change will take effect in the upcoming Season 2.

Motivation

This proposal aims to:

Simplify onboarding: Many users don’t understand why an NFT is required to participate. Removing it makes the program simpler and clearer.
Remove barriers to entry: Minting (especially on Ethereum) can be costly due to gas spikes. Eliminating this requirement lowers the friction for newcomers.
Include active users who didn’t mint: Users who have been actively using Ambire but skipped the NFT step become eligible for rewards retroactively for the current season.
Fairer $WALLET distribution: Broader, simpler eligibility criteria lead to more inclusive participation and a fairer distribution of rewards across users.

Voting eligibility

Hold $WALLET or $stkWALLET on Ethereum before the snapshot.
Please note that the voting power of $WALLET tokens is half (0.5 points) that of $stkWALLET tokens.
Any token changes after the snapshot will not affect the voting power. For example, staking your $WALLET tokens after the snapshot will not double their voting power.

Timeline

Discussion starts: October 2, 2025, at 14:00 UTC
Discussion ends: October 7, 2025, at 14:00 UTC

Voting will be announced separately on Snapshot after the discussion window closes.

We’d love your input! Join the discussion on Discord and help us tune Ambire Rewards to reflect real, long-term participation.