As the dYdX Chain continues to scale, the reliability and performance of block production are becoming more and more critical to ensuring a great trading experience. While CometBFT’s existing proposer selection algorithm is fair and deterministic, it doesn’t always account for real-world factors like latency, infrastructure coordination, and overall network liveness.
To address this, dYdX is introducing designated proposers: a governance-selected subset of validators responsible for proposing blocks. You can read more about the rationale and design considerations regarding designated proposers in this blog post.
If you’re a validator and want to be considered for the initial designated proposer set, please complete this form by EOD August 1, 2025 (UTC).
An RFP has also been published on the DEP website, which outlines the application process and evaluation criteria.
We’re looking forward to hearing from the validator community – let us know if you have any questions or thoughts below!
glad to see the core team finally acknowledging the practical need for performance improvement. It felt like ego and decentralization maximalism held this back far longer than necessary
I am currently facing an issue with bridging my tokens to Ethereum. At the moment, I am unable to exchange or move my assets through the bridge, which creates difficulties in managing my funds.
Could you please clarify whether bridging to Ethereum is supported at this time, and if not, whether you plan to enable this feature soon? Having the ability to bridge tokens to Ethereum would be extremely helpful for me and many other users in the community.
Thank you in advance for your support and for all the hard work you put into developing the platform.
If you’re a validator and want to be considered for the initial designated proposer set, please complete this form by EOD August 1, 2025 (UTC).