Designated Proposers Application
As dYdX continues to scale, the reliability and performance of block production have become critical to the trading experience. While CometBFT’s existing proposer selection algorithm is fair and deterministic, it doesn’t always optimize for real-world liveness, latency, or infrastructure coordination.
To address this, dYdX is exploring changes to the dYdX Chain’s open-source software which will introduce a new capability: designated proposers – a governance-selected subset of validators responsible for proposing blocks.
If you're a validator interested in joining the designated proposer set, please complete this form by EOD August 1, 2025 (UTC).
Applications will be reviewed by the dYdX Ecosystem Development Program and the MEV Committee. Validators will be assessed based on:
- Reliability: consistently high uptime with minimal missed blocks.
- Operational maturity: responsiveness to upgrades and infrastructure coordination.
- Network Performance: capability of maintaining low-latency peering and fast propagation.
More information regarding designated proposers can be found here.
