Funding
An honest ledger of what Pharos costs to run, what supporters cover, and how each donation helps keep stablecoin risk analytics freely accessible to everyone.
This month coverage
13%
$219 of $1,709 covered
Community support
$219
from 1 supporters since launch
Best long-term help
Recurring Giveth
predictable support for the public site
Donations keep Pharos freely accessible to all, so stablecoin users, analysts, and builders can check high-quality analytics and risk analysis without a private terminal or paywall.
Where it goes
Monthly costs
Team
- Ike— Growth & comms$1,500
- Brice— Uncompensated$0
Infrastructure
- CoinGecko API— Analyst tier$129
- Alchemy— Pay-as-you-go, ~$40 typical$40
- Claude API— Daily digest generation$30
- Cloudflare Workers— Paid plan$5
- Domain registration— pharos.watch, annualized$3
- X Premium— 2 EUR/month, for @PharosWatch$2
This month: $219 community · $1,490 still open.
Costs last reviewed: .
Supporters
Recent supporters
- tokenbrice.eth$219 ↗
Last refresh: Apr 18, 2026.
Where we're going
Path to sustainability
The dashboard stays free for everyone, forever. Sustainability comes from two streams: community donations today, and — once mature — paid API access for institutional users with heavy programmatic needs. Target: self-sustaining by Q4 2026, public dashboard untouched.
If you can't support financially, sharing Pharos helps stablecoin users find open risk data before they need it.
Get involved
How to support
Recommended
Recurring via Giveth
The strongest long-term signal: set a recurring donation so Pharos has predictable runway while the website stays free for everyone. Recurring streams run on Optimism or Base only.
Direct wallet
pharos-watch.eth resolves to the same address on every supported chain. ETH, stablecoins, and other ERC-20s accepted.
Ethereum
Base
Optimism
Arbitrum
Polygon
GnosisBest for long-term sustainability: a recurring Giveth stream on Optimism or Base. Direct wallet support works on every supported chain; Base and Gnosis are usually the cheapest gas paths. Giveth donations arrive at the wallet and appear on the wall as a single “via Giveth” entry.
Other ways to help
Found bad data or a broken view? The feedback form on any stablecoin detail page goes straight to the maintainers.
Questions
FAQ
- Why does Pharos ask for support?
- Independent stablecoin analytics has real data, infrastructure, and research costs. Support keeps the website free for everyone instead of making risk analysis available only through private terminals.
- Why recurring Giveth donations?
- Recurring support is the clearest long-term signal. It smooths one-off donation spikes and lets Pharos plan coverage, alerting, and data-review work without guessing month to month.
- Is my donation tax-deductible?
- No. Pharos is not a registered charity. Giveth donations may qualify in some jurisdictions; check Giveth's documentation.
- What do supporters get?
- Public recognition on the wall unless you ask for a custom label. The public website stays fully free; any future paid surface would be for high-frequency or heavy API usage, not the core dashboards.
- Can I help without donating?
- Yes. Share Pharos, star the MIT-licensed repo, open issues for bad data, join Telegram, or contribute code and research.
- What does support make possible?
- More stablecoins covered, faster fixes when data breaks, clearer risk explanations, and a public reference that analysts, builders, and users can check before trusting a peg.