Arbitrum's Short-Term Incentive Program (Arbitrum Improvement Proposal)

It’s good that there is progress and glad to see discussions around the short-term plan, but I still don’t see much of a framework to answer the ‘why’ and endgoal behind this proposal.

Is the why to give the Arbitrum builders temporary relief while a more meaningful framework is built?

Also - what are the goals / metrics that will determine success?

Are we trying to ensure that new protocols get a chance to compete in the ecosystem against the established players? Is it so existing players don’t take their liquidity elsewhere?

Any of the above should have some data we are tracking. Data should also be reinforcing the proposed ARB amount.

The biggest single problem I see right now is that the existing ecosystem players have all the incentive to promote their own proposals and 0 incentive to help competitors break into the market. Any suggestions how we address the above issue?

Again, great job getting the conversation started, but I see lots of solid concerns and feedback that we should resolve before continuing forward.

Dan
Vela Exchange

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