Strategic Open Missions

To view ongoing and completed missions, visit Questbook.

This section will serve as the central hub for all currently available open missions under the Staking Mastery Program.

• It will be updated regularly with new missions

• Completed missions will be archived

• Funded missions will be trackable via our Questbook hub

Please check back soon for available missions.

If you have a technical mission you'd like to propose to Obol instead, please use the Staking Masters Grants track.

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Open Strategic Missions

This section lists specific, high-impact technical initiatives Obol has decided to open to external contributors. These are projects that contribute meaningfully to the Obol Distributed Validators (DVs) and we welcome applications from individuals or teams with the right expertise.

Each mission includes a pre-defined scope and fixed budget. All applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

All Open Missions must go through the official application and evaluation process before work begins. Milestone-based funding is tracked via Questbook and paid upon approval.

🟢 Open for Application

Add Validator Feature in DappNode

Goal: Implement the add-validator functionality into the Obol DappNode package, leveraging the existing docs as reference.

🔗 docs.obol.org/add-validators

Background: This feature would allow users to dynamically add validators post-launch via DappNode. It is not currently supported and would require someone familiar with the Obol DappNode integration layer.

Expected Deliverables:

• Integrate add-validator logic into DappNode package

• Ensure compatibility with Charon

• Include light documentation and testing instructions

Budget: ~$1,000 USD

Funding: Milestone-based, paid in $OBOL equivalent

🟠 In Progress

TEEs for DVT Security (Sebastian Faust, PolyCrypt GmbH)

Goal: Prototype and benchmark how Trusted Execution Environments (Intel TDX) can secure DV operations.

Expected Deliverables:

• Run a DVT node (Charon + VC) inside Intel TDX

• Benchmark performance and risk mitigation

• Produce documentation, open-source code, and in-depth report

Funding: $10,000 in stables + $10,000 in $OBOL

Status: Started (September 2025)

Ansible Playbooks for Obol DVT (Jeremiah Sullivan)

Goal: Build automated Ansible roles for DVT cluster deployment and home staking setups.

Scope:

• Docker Images with CI/CD for DVT components

• Ansible Roles for Charon deployment and validator configuration

• Monitoring setup with Grafana dashboards and webhook alerts

• Step-by-step documentation

Funding: 7,000 $OBOL

Milestones: Final delivery expected Q4 2025

Status: Ongoing (public GitHub in progress)