After reading all the feedback from the ARB community, we have updated the Draft proposal to allocate 100% of the funds specifically for retail users who bond/delegate within the upcoming RDPX V2 system.
No arb tokens will be used to fund development or audits
In addition, we had adjusted the distribution timeline to be inline within the short term incentive program.
I want to thank everyone in the community for their feedback.
Good edits to original. Having a strong on-chain options protocol that is native to Arbitrum is important imo and I’ll be voting to support this updated grant request
It is one of the most important arbitrage protocols out there, one of the originals, and especially one that successfully bootstrapped decentralized options in the entire crypto space.
Making options successful in crypto will set in motion a massive flywheel that will bring a huge amount of TVL to Arbitrum.
d2.finance supports Dopex application! great to see the changes from the original application went through. Of course can’t wait to see more liquidity in options land as the scalability of our Vaulst iwll depends on that
I’m personally not a DOPEX user but it is undeniable one of the OG builders in Arbitrum and they definetely deserve their own recognition.
Sadly despite its very early success, it didn’t successfully keep it over time and its not a very relevant protocol nowdays. But the point of the grants is precisely that, to support native builders in the ecosystem.
My only complains is that there isnt any ARB matching with any incentive token or revenue (unlike most protocols are proposing), and the initial suggestion to use part of the grant for Auditing was pretty ridiculous.
That said, despite everything, I truly believe ARB grants are meant to support projects like these, I don’t agree with the amount being that big for its current impact, but being an OG native project I would definetely support DOPEX getting some funding and give them an opportunity to prove themselves.
Last changes prior to official submissions had been made. These are composed of the following:
Improved formatting breaking down the grant use on the different applications
Added Clamm options to the list of programs that will be incentivized
RDPX V2 scope of rewards adjusted to incentivize receipt token stakers and LPs of the Perpetual Put system
I want to reiterate that no changes were done in the ARB amount requested and 100% of the ARB rewards will go to those who provided liquidity within our ecosystem.
The changes in scope were made to reduce the amount of curve farmers mercenary capitals that might try to game the RDPX V2 ecosystem.
In addition, we realized that 1.5M arb tokens just for the RDPX V2 system was not efficient. So we decided to split the requested reward amount to start incentivizing one of our new and flagship products Dopex is betting that will increase DeFi Options activity.
This is a great proposal from one of the OGs of Arbitrum DeFi. Trader Joe is looking forward to working together with Dopex to strengthen the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Jones DAO would not exist without Dopex infra, so for us, this is a no brainer to support.
We continue to find great benefit from Dopex for strategies such as our Metavaults, and hope that upon the passing of this proposal, the new CLAMM LP model will attract widespread adoption.
Aside from obvious biases, Dopex truly has one of the most vibrant communities in DeFi. It seems like there is a never ending memetic buzz surrounding the project, which is a key marker of a team that is deeply tapped into our ecosystem.
The proposal includes clear milestones, such as deploying CLAMM Options, deploying RDPX V2 to production, adding TVL from the treasury, and onboarding DAOs.
Excited to see CLAMM in production with the added utility of concentrated LPs earning premiums on top of swap fees & market maker incentives. This grant request is worthy of consideration for the Arbitrm DAO to place a bet on this novel DeFi primitive.
For this reason, we included Camelot v3 + Dopex v2 incentives on RDNT/ETH CL in Radiant’s grant proposal as we see the value it can bring to the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Love to see that dopex is pairing the grant with an actual release - this makes their application for a grant even stronger. Completely support it, dopex does a tremendous job at supporting the broader ecosystem of projects that build on top of them and who can forget those fire memes.
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Thanks for your input regarding our proposal. Below, I will address some of the concerns you brought up.
The grant size is considered high given Dopex’s recent inactivity.
We beg to differ with this statement as we been actively shipping products all year. Last week, we launched the CLAMMs MVP for the public.
The protocol’s V2 products are yet to be launched.
Users can already buy calls/puts for the ARB/USDC markets and settle anytime with our CLAMM product. The proposed ETH, ARB and DPX markets will be launched prior the grant incentives distribution if approved.
In addition, the rdpx v2 public audits are completed and we are confident to have the product ready for whenever the incentives become available as we are in post-audit stage.
I hope this clears out some possible doubts. Again, thanks for your feedback!
Thanks for the quick response. Appreciate you clearing up a few things.
Apologies, has been a bit of a rush getting several of these out.
I have edited the response, to make the recommendations more concise. The ‘Minor Concerns’ are more for the DAO to be aware of in terms of the product and the grant program moving forward.
