# CIP-3: Trading Fee discount for COW holders

**URL:** <https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-3-trading-fee-discount-for-cow-holders/325>\
**Category:** Closed Proposals\
**Tags:** cip, proposal, successful\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-3-trading-fee-discount-for-cow-holders/325 "2022-02-17T07:21:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-3-trading-fee-discount-for-cow-holders/325/12 "2022-02-22T16:34:18Z")

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> [@prometheus](#):
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> Why 12 months? Why do we need a limit on this? I don’t see the point, we can just apply a discount until we change it, no matter if the change comes in 3months or 3 years.

What do you think about a “$-box” instead of “time-box” for this fee discounts? The DAO would have to reimburse solvers for the reduced fees they will be receiving for those orders (otherwise they would have a reduced incentive to actually include these discounted orders in settlements).

This way you would change the proposal to something along the lines of “allocate X$ for additional fee subsidies for COW holders/lockers with the following rules…”. The proposal can then be renewed in order to continue the fee subsidy.

I guess some of the details will also depend on [CIP-2: Solver Rewards](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-solver-rewards/488) as this defines how solvers are rewarded and reimbursed for their operational costs (i.e. gas costs).

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