Epoch 30 Review

dYdX Foundation
Dec 21, 2023

Review of Epoch 30 

This is the 31st edition of dYdX Epoch Review, presenting updates from the dYdX community and ecosystem. To learn more, join us on Discord, Twitter, and the Community Forums.

Epoch 30 Highlights

For Epoch 30 (started on November 21 at 15:00 UTC and ended on December 19 at 15:00 UTC). No addresses were identified as wash trading during Epoch 30.

Performance Indicators

Trading Rewards: 1,054,795 ethDYDX were earned over the course of Epoch 30 and will be distributed to 5,611 traders. Note, Trading Rewards will decrease to 527,398 ethDYDX in Epoch 31 and 0 in Epoch 32.

LP Rewards: 383,562 ethDYDX were earned over the course of Epoch 30 and will be distributed to 58 addresses that were eligible for LP rewards in Epoch 30. 65 market makers (14 new, 51 existing) meeting the 0.25% threshold in Epoch are now eligible to earn rewards in Epoch 31. Learn more about the LP Rewards in our documentation, or our blog posts. Note, LP Rewards will decrease to 191,781 ethDYDX in Epoch 31 and 0 in Epoch 32.

‍Treasury Migration: As a result of DIP 29, 40,703,630 ethDYDX was bridged from the Rewards Treasury to the dYdX Chain and 39,788,640 ethDYDX was bridged from the Community Treasury to the dYdX Chain Community Treasury. The balance of the relevant addresses and accounts are as follows:

‍Ethereum

Name Address Balance Details
Community Treasury 0xE710CEd57456D3A16152c32835B5FB4E72D9eA5b 677 ethDYDX
39,788,640 wethDYDX		 677 ethDYDX remains in the Community Treasury and could be migrated to dYdX Chain with a governance vote.
Community Treasury Vester 0x08a90Fe0741B7DeF03fB290cc7B273F1855767D8 27,028,485 ethDYDX 27M ethDYDX in the Community Treasury Vester now vests to 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002.
Rewards Treasury 0x639192D54431F8c816368D3FB4107Bc168d0E871 10,086,827 ethDYDX
40,703,630 wethDYDX		 10M ethDYDX remains in the Rewards Treasury for 4,315,071 ethDYDX in remaining Trading and LP Rewards on dYdX v3 for Epoch 29-31, 5,766,747 ethDYDX in unclaimed rewards, and 5,009.11 ethDYDX in rewards that accrued between the time when DIP 29 was created and executed.
Rewards Treasury Vester 0xb9431E19B29B952d9358025f680077C3Fd37292f 196,141,713 ethDYDX 197M ethDYDX in the Rewards Treasury Vester now vests to 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001.

The dYdX community on dYdX Chain now has access to 83.9M $DYDX that has accrued in the Community Treasury to use for DAO and community initiatives, contributor grants, liquidity mining, and much more. Learn more about the dYdX Chain Community Treasury in our documentation.

dYdX Chain

On October 30, 2023, dYdX Foundation announced the open-sourcing of a Bridge User Interface that was later deployed by the Operations subDAO to facilitate interaction with the wethDYDX Smart Contract bridge. Since the genesis of the dYdX Chain, 439.7M ethDYDX have interacted with the one-way bridge.

Name Address Balance Details
Community Treasury dydx15ztc7xy42tn2ukkc0qjthkucw9ac63pgp70urn 83,960,543.35 DYDX 84M DYDX is available in the Community Treasury for any dYdX DAO and community initiatives.
Community Treasury Vester dydx1wxje320an3karyc6mjw4zghs300dmrjkwn7xtk 168,911,820.72 DYDX 169M DYDX in the Community Treasury Vester.
Rewards Treasury dydx16wrau2x4tsg033xfrrdpae6kxfn9kyuerr5jjp 1,111,257.59 DYDX 1.1M DYDX in the Rewards Treasury that is distributed for Trading Rewards.
Rewards Treasury Vester dydx1ltyc6y4skclzafvpznpt2qjwmfwgsndp458rmp 52,871,755.09 DYDX 52.8M DYDX in the Rewards Treasury Vester that vests to the Rewards Treasury for Trading Rewards.
Circulating Supply at end of Epoch 30 (Dec 19, 2023) Cumulative Epoch 30
Total Vested ethDYDX in dYdX v3 Community Treasury 678 0
Total Vested ethDYDX in dYdX v3 Rewards Treasury (Community Treasury Allocation) 5,009 0
Total Amount of ethDYDX Bridged to dYdX Chain 80,492,270 0
DYDX vested in the dYdX Chain Community Treasury 3,710,506 3,710,506
Vested ethDYDX and DYDX available to the dYdX community 84,208,463 3,710,506
DYDX transfered to Wintermute to Seed Insurance Fund -382,025 -382,025
Community Treasury Accrued Balance (dYdX v3 + dYdX Chain) 83,826,438 3,328,481
Percentage of Total Supply 8.38% 0.33%

Circulating Supply: 34.32% of the total $DYDX supply (excluding unearned Retroactive Rewards transferred to the Treasury and the $DYDX vested in the Community Treasury) is considered liquid at the end of Epoch 30. Learn more about the $DYDX allocation in our documentatio

Circulating Supply at end of Epoch 30 (Dec 19, 2023) Cumulative Epoch 30
Total DYDX Issuance 1,000,000,000 0
Earned DYDX from Retroactive Rewards 50,309,197 0
Earned DYDX from Trading Rewards 91,250,477 2,216,237
Earned DYDX from Liquidity Provider Rewards 32,602,744 383,562
Earned DYDX from Liquidity Staking Pool 5,753,430 0
Earned DYDX from Safety Staking Pool 5,049,079 0
DYDX Funding transferred to the dYdX Grants Multisig 3,334,000 0
DYDX Funding transferred to the dYdX Operations subDAO 4,539,000 0
DYDX transfered to Wintermute to Seed Insurance Fund 382,024 382,024
Investors 83,188,521 83,188,521
Employees & Consultants of dYdX Trading or Foundation 45,811,479 45,811,479
Future Employees & Consultants of dYdX Trading or Foundation 21,000,000 21,000,000
Total Circulating Supply 343,219,951 152,981,823
Total Circulating Supply as % of Total Issuance 34.32% 15.30%

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