Period: October 27 – November 2, 2025
💻 CCXT Connector Snapshot Vote Retro funding application for Python trading library integration went to vote. Quorum missed on first attempt - requesting resubmission. Snapshot vote
📢 RFP Social Media Campaign Prepared documentation for CoW socials team to promote 3 new Playground-related RFPs. Matt from marketing team scheduling Twitter rollout. Campaign doc
🤝 Builder Outreach Contacted 4 development teams: Scopelift (Uniswap contributor), Woof (Compound contributor), Mevlog (ENS Public Goods), Tanto (submitted CCXT application). All received RFP information and retro funding details.
💰 October Payments Processed Grants Committee stipend (October) and ZeroMEV final COW vesting payment executed.
📋 Core Contributor Research Application • Status: Steward Assignment HEC Paris researcher proposing solver competition redesign. Haris from core team confirmed as technical reviewer, MFW serving as grants steward. Committee evaluating scope before snapshot vote. Forum discussion
💻 Rust SDK Application • Status: Final Review Developer submitted CoW Protocol Rust SDK proposal. MFW provided technical feedback. Applicant revising submission text before snapshot posting. Forum thread
🚧 Polyswap Grant • Status: Termination Review
Grantee paused work for 3 months after taking CTO role at Cork Protocol. Proposed December delivery timeline requires committee approval by Nov 8 or grant terminates.
🔗 ZeroMEV Project Closure Core team discontinuing ZeroMEV maintenance. Final COW vesting payment completed. Middleway handling grantee communications.
📚 Developer Docs Discussion Felix and Anxo exchanged detailed feedback on documentation improvements. Discussion inconclusive - requires action plan from core team before grants can develop RFP. Sov following up directly in Slack.
⚙️ Core Team RFPs (Anxo + Luis) Core team identified potential RFPs. Committee evaluating feasibility and engaging with Core Team for more details and help with definition.
🚫 Alphaday Hub Application Declined Alex Marsh recommended pass on Alphaday/Pulse community hub proposal - appears to be BD through grants rather than value-aligned integration.