Period: December 23 – December 29, 2025
💻 Retrospective Funding Application
dinesh11515 submitted retro funding request Dec 28 for 15 merged PRs to cowswap repo (bug fixes, bridging improvements, UI fixes). Core team devs (shoom3301, le_zhy) confirmed contributions are valuable; shoom3301 estimated ~9.6h actual effort given codebase familiarity but supports the grant. MFW and Sov signaled support pending GitHub verification (now provided via gist). Forum Thread
💻 swap.cow.fi Performance Bundle Optimization
Grant approved via Snapshot. Grantee crutch12 submitted PR #6775 with most of the feature complete. Only tests remaining. M6 due Jan 1, 2026. Forum Thread | PR #6775
💼 CIP-80: 2026 Grants Program Renewal
Snapshot vote failed to reach quorum Dec 23. Two large holders voted on CIP-81 but missed CIP-80. Committee plans to collect feedback and re-propose in early January with voting starting Jan 9
📊 Public RPC Endpoints
DevOps deployed public endpoints for: Avalanche, Gnosis, Polygon (Erigon), and Lens. Available at nodes.batch.exchange/public/rpc
🔗 CCXT Integration Grant
Feedback delivered to grantee about SDK usage and code patterns. 20-30% payment reduction applied for execution concerns. Core CCXT library reviewing the PR this week for upstream merge. Grantee responsive and willing to address remaining gaps. Note: CoW Protocol doesn't provide traditional public market data endpoints (trades/tickers/OHLCV), which contributed to integration complexity since CCXT had to implement differently than typical exchanges. MFW to be more diligent on future grants about SDK requirements upfront.
💻 Bleu Offline Development Environment
Dec 24 forum update: PR opened from develop→main in cowdao-grants/offline-mode repo. Contains M1 and M2 deliverables except Composable Cow deployment (draft PR in progress). Team pivoted from chain ID 31337 to chain ID 1 with mainnet deployment addresses for better repo independence. MFW meeting with Bleu Jan 5, 2026. Forum Update
📊 CoBuilders Block Explorer Integration
M1 complete (Otterscan & Sourcify integration via PR #4000). Now working on M2: Dec 26 update shows two new PRs for frontend integration (PR #4012 in services, PR #6774 in cowswap) enabling one-click navigation from CoW Swap to local Otterscan. No blockers. Forum Thread | PR #4000 | PR #4012
🛡️ Stop Loss App Maintenance