Community spend cut by 80% with custom tools

The challenge

Moderators, prizes, events and conference trips had all grown with the community, and the market had turned. Spend had to come down without members noticing a drop in quality.

The work

1. 01Took direct ownership of the community budget, including every crypto transaction and payout, which made it clear where money was working and where it wasn't.
2. 02Replaced manual work with three custom tools (payouts, moderation and data), so a smaller budget went further.
3. 03Planned conference trips such as Permissionless and Token2049 as projects with clear goals, so every one had to justify its cost.

The tools behind it

Each one took repetitive, error-prone work off the team, so the budget went on people and prizes instead of admin.

• 01

  Custom payout tools

  A multisender built for the community team: rewards sent to many wallets in one go, with a full record of every payment. Faster for members, and no more costly manual mistakes.

• 02

  Custom moderation bots

  A bot built around how the community actually worked: spam, scam and raid protection, member profiles, issue tracking and translations, so fewer paid moderator hours went on repetitive tasks.

• 03

  Custom data dashboards

  A public on-chain dashboard on Dune, giving the team and the community the same live view of activity, and showing where money was working and where it wasn't.

The result

Monthly community spend fell from $50K to $10K. Events and prizes kept running, and payouts became faster and more reliable for members.

Services involved

• Analytics & reporting
• Custom bots & automations