[DRC] Sliding Affiliate Fee Tiers Parameters Update

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Summary

This proposal seeks to update the parameters in the sliding affiliate fee tiers, which were implemented through dYdX Chain Software Upgrade v9.4, by increasing the maximum referred volume per user from 10,000 to the intended 1,000,000, and sets the maximum commission per referred user over a 30-day window to $10,000. These changes ensure proper attribution and intended tier progression for affiliates.

Motivation & Rationale

Sliding Affiliate Fee Feature that was implemented on dYdX Chain v9.4 enables “the dYdX Community to replace the current VIP tier with a more rewarding program. This gives higher-volume referrers proportional rewards for their contributions.”

A deployment error set the maximum referred volume per user far below the intended threshold, preventing appropriate attribution for high-volume referrals. This proposal updates the parameter to its correct value of $1M to restore expected program behavior and ensure fair compensation to affiliates.

Additionally, the program did not specify a maximum commission per referred user within a 30-day period, which this proposal sets at $10,000. These corrections ensure the affiliate system functions as originally designed, allowing an affiliate to reach Tier 1 with a single high-volume referral and requiring only ten such referrals to reach the maximum tier.

Specification

This proposal updates the sliding affiliate fee tier parameter governing the maximum referred trading volume per user from $10K to $1M, and the maximum commission that can accrue from any single referred user within a rolling 30-day window at $10K. No other parameters or program logic are altered. The change simply corrects the previous parameter and restores proper functionality of the tiered attribution system.

Next Steps

The community is invited to provide feedback on this correction. The proposal is planned for submission on Thursday, 11 December 2025, to ensure affiliates begin receiving accurate attribution and payments as soon as possible.

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Submitted proposal-326.
Don’t miss the chance to vote!

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how is it verified exactly the referred user and volume? and also how much is exactly the payment for the referral depending on the verified volume, and is the payment in DYDX?

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Heads up everyone, it turns out one of the parameters of the affiliate update proposal will need changing, so we’re going to encourage to vote ‘No’ on proposal #326.

New proposal will be submitted soon.

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That doesn’t answer my questions above, can you answer those questions? @eguegu

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Hi @Cosmic_Validator, the referred user and volume can be verified on-chain, you can see your referrals history and tiers information on the front end on dYdX | Leading Decentralized Platform for Crypto Perpetual Trading

The payment for the referral varies based on the tier and fees paid, ranging from 30-50% of fees and it’s paid to affiliates in USDC.

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Hi dYdX Community, looking at the most recent affiliates data, the maximum referred trading volume per user in 30 day window is updated to $2M instead of $1M.

We will launch the on-chain proposal shortly.

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how do we know people referring are not actually referring themselves and then doing wash trading to get all that USDC?

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On-chain proposal is here: proposals-327