News · DAO · November 6, 2026
DAO Update #1: the testnet is live
The first weekly update: what shipped, what runs on Base Sepolia, the numbers so far and the first questions for the DAO to vote on.
DRIVE 369 DAO · 2 min read
Every Monday the DAO publishes the same numbers the team looks at: what shipped, what broke, what the network looks like and what we decide next. This is the first one.
The testnet is live
Ghostdrive runs on the Base Sepolia testnet: the storage market, the mining vaults, the registry anchor and the DAO's kernel board with its 369 founding proposals. Network AI answers come from four DGX Spark operator nodes. Two public relays connect browsers and nodes: relay.ghostdrive.com and a second relay on Cloudflare. The audit of the contracts is pending, and none are on mainnet.
What shipped
From October 30 to November 6, 98 pull requests were merged into the maintainers’ repository. The highlights:
- White paper v2.2 on the site, word for word, with the PDF.
- The DAO kernel board: 369 founding proposals in nine spheres, committed on chain by one hash; one account, one voice.
- Mining vaults with a 7-day veto window, unlinkable claim notes and the registry anchor.
- Signed key-release receipts: an operator can read your data only under the policy you signed.
- The network pulse in the site footer: online members, joined today and nodes, counted by the relay without names.
- The testnet section on the home page: six ways to take part, the points rules and the roadmap.
Numbers
| Metric | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nodes online at the relay | 6 | relay pulse |
| Pull requests merged, Oct 30 – Nov 6 | 98 | the maintainers’ repository; releases go to GitHub |
| Founding proposals on the kernel board | 369 | DAO |
| Days to mainnet | 120 | planned for March 6, 2027 |
From next week the update also counts nodes with a proved storage deal, accepted bug reports, merged pull requests from outside contributors and votes on the kernel board.
Questions for the DAO
These are open, and the first votes will settle them:
- The share of the first Community wave that goes to testnet points.
- The points per bounty tier: low, medium, high, critical.
- The per-category and per-person caps for each wave.
Until the votes, awards are kept in the maintainers' ledger, each tied to a record anyone can check. Points are not tokens, nothing is guaranteed, and this is not financial advice. The rules: How points work.
Next week: run a node
Week two is about nodes: a guide for a Mac mini, a DGX Spark and a small Linux server, a Q&A with the people already running one, and the first Keeper roles in Telegram. Start with the node guide.
Follow along on X @drive369_dao and Telegram @drive369_dao.