[DRC] - Surge Season 9 Incentive Distribution Proposal

A proposal to distribute 1,704,483 in DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to qualifying users in trading Season 8 of the dYdX Surge Program.

In Season 9, the total reward pool is $320,784 in DYDX. All rewards earned come from the 50% fee rebate on positive fees paid.

Motivation

In line with the dYdX Surge Proposal shared with the community, Chaos Labs will provide recommendations on the distribution of incentives to individual accounts.

The recommendations, and relevant data are openly published on the dYdX Community Forum. This transparency allows community members to see that accounts receiving substantial rewards contribute significant volume and generate actual fees on the platform. Those in the community who wish to verify this data independently can do so, as all information is verifiable on-chain.

Specification

In this allocation, 1,704,483 in DYDX tokens using a 30-day TWAP rate of 0.1882 are proposed to be distributed across 1,079 accounts.

The complete list of accounts and their respective proposed incentive allocations is available here.

Next Steps

Chaos Labs will sponsor a dYdX Chain on-chain proposal for the community to vote on the proposed incentive distribution shortly.

Copyright

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Disclaimer

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Throughout the program, Chaos Labs’ role is confined to providing recommendations regarding the allocation of rewards. The actual implementation and distribution of said rewards are subject to the formal approval process of the dYdX Chain governance votes. Any actions pertaining to reward distribution shall only be executed following affirmative governance votes within the dYdX Chain framework.

Doesn’t seem like there is enough vote to pass the proposal. What next?

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I’m writing to request updates to the mobile UI price trigger interface based on several critical issues I’ve encountered:

1. Stop Loss Stability Issues

  • My stop loss orders have been randomly disappearing from the interface, which creates significant risk management problems. This needs immediate attention as it affects trading security.

2. Multiple Stop Loss Orders by Position Size

  • Please restore the ability to set multiple stop losses based on position size. The current limitation to one stop loss per position is unnecessarily restrictive and reduces flexibility compared to previous versions.

3. P&L Display Restoration

  • Bring back both realized and unrealized profit displays in the portfolio dashboard. The current simplified interface removes valuable trading insights that were previously available.

4. Trade Preview Screen

  • Reintroduce the screen that previewed how buy/sell orders would affect account balances before execution. This was crucial for position planning.

been a loyal user since 2023 and appreciate dYdX’s decentralized thesis. However, the recent mobile UI oversimplification has made the platform less competitive compared to Aster, Hyperliquid, and Lighter, which offer more sophisticated interfaces while maintaining usability

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