The grant funds activities following the dYdX Chain Software Upgrade v9.0, approved through governance on 31 August 2025, which introduced a new capability: designated proposers, a governance-controlled subset of validators responsible for proposing blocks.

We're funding RHINO, Kingnodes, Lavender.Five, and Polkachu to manage a cluster of dedicated Base nodes to allow dYdX to access price feeds on Base.