[RETRO ROUND] CCXT connector lib for CoW SDK

CoW Grants Program Retro Round
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Accidentally posted this proposal for the retro round here: CoW DAO's First Retro Funding Round - #9 by tantodefi

Full details regarding implementation, milestones and feasibility are available in the hackMD: Proposal for CoW DAO - HackMD

Happy to answer any questions related to our proposal or refine based on community feedback/needs :slight_smile:

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An update on ccxt connector lib grant and a request for partial payment for work/milestones completed: Update on ccxt grant proposal - HackMD @sov @mfw78

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Please post this to the forum as an external link can be changed post-facto and we don’t have records.

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Update on CCXT Integration Grant: Moving Forward Proposal

Proposal Reference: Snapshot Proposal

Current Status

The CCXT integration grant is currently at a standstill. We have fully completed the required work on our end, but final delivery is blocked while we await the upstream CCXT library to review and merge our pull request:
PR #27319.

Agreement on Milestone Adjustment

In light of the delay, which is outside our direct control, and due to concerns raised by our technical reviewer - we propose a 20% haircut on the original 15,000 xDAI milestone amount. This reduces the milestone payout to 12,000 xDAI.

Partial Payment Request

We respectfully request a 50% partial payment of the adjusted milestone amount — 6,000 xDAI — as compensation for the work already completed and delivered.

Remaining Payout

We agree that the remaining 6,000 xDAI will be held and disbursed only upon successful merge of the PR.

We also understand that the 15k vCoW tokens associated with this grant will remain locked and will not be distributed or begin vesting until one year after the PR is successfully merged and the integration is complete.

Assuming the partial payment requested above is approved, and only as a last resort to further expedite the situation, we would be open to allocating a percentage of the remaining funds to the CCXT maintainers as an incentive for timely review and merge. The CCXT team would also directly benefit from the Partner Fee included in the integration, creating aligned incentives.

Ongoing Commitment

We remain fully committed to seeing this integration through to completion. We will:

  • Continue actively monitoring the PR.
  • Promptly address any feedback or requests from the CCXT core team.
  • Perform any additional work required to facilitate a successful merge.
  • Assuming we offer the ccxt team maintaiers $1000 of the remaining (6k) funds in order to expedite the review and merge PR - we expect this plus the opportunity for partner fee revenue (505K in January) to be enough incentive for team to accept PR.

Lessons Learned: Third-Party Integrations

This experience has highlighted the importance of early engagement with third-party maintainers for integrations that depend on external repositories. Involving the upstream team at the outset helps:

  • Confirm alignment with their roadmap.
  • Identify potential concerns early.
  • Ensure timely review and merging of contributions.

We applied this lesson in a subsequent proposal (Hummingbot Gateway connector), where early outreach to the third-party team would have mitigated similar risks:
CoW Forum Discussion – Hummingbot Proposal.

Moving forward, we will prioritize early coordination with any relevant third-party teams in similar integration proposals to minimize delays and maximize success rates.

Looking Ahead

We are enthusiastic about continuing to contribute to the CoW Protocol and DAO. Once this PR is merged, the integration will be complete and live. We look forward to proposing and delivering additional novel integrations that leverage the CoW SDK, drive new order flow, and increase protocol volume.

Thank you for your understanding and support. We are happy to discuss this proposal further or provide any additional details required.

All the best,
Tantodefi and Bhavya Gor

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Hey,
Thanks for the update. In consideration with the Grants Council, and in light of the shortcomings that have been highlighted / identified, the Grants Council agrees that:

  1. The total value of the grant shall be reduced so as to be $12,000 + 15000 COW.
  2. To make payment in light of the current work completed of $6,000.
  3. The remaining $6,000 in stablecoins + 15000 COW is conditional upon upstreamining into the CCXT repository.

As such, these payments will be scheduled for February end-of-month payments.

mfw.

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Thanks for the agreement!

As our responsibility, we will continue to ping the CCXT team to get this merged as soon as possible.

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