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CoW Protocol

MEV-protected trading protocol governed by CoW DAO. CIPs (CoW Improvement Proposals) are discussed on the forum and voted on via Snapshot.

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CIP-83: Renewing Team Grant Allocation with Performance-Linked Milestones

Simple Summary This proposal asks COW DAO to: Replenish the CoW Team Grant Allocation with a base of 5% of the total COW supply (50,000,000 COW) via a four-year linear streaming allocation from the DAO treasury. Establish a Performance-Based Incentive Tier of up to an additional 10% of total COW supply (100,000,000 COW), unlocked in four equal tranches (2.5% each) upon reaching specific protocol revenue milestones using either USD or ETH-denominated revenue targets * Implement a...

proposal/0x9cF8…7C71/Jan 26

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CIP-83: Renewing Team Grant Allocation with Performance-Linked Milestones

proposal/0x9cF8…7C71/Jan 21

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CIP-82: CoW DAO Grants 2026 Renewal

`` CIP: 82 title: CoW DAO Grants 2026 Renewal author: @Sov, @mfw78, @Chim9, @middleway.eth, @notsoformal, @Master_CoW status: Active created: 2025-11-26 `` --- ## Simple Summary This proposal was previously voted on as CIP-80 (link to original proposal). We believe it did not reach quorum due to low voter participation, likely impacted by the timing of the vote just before the...

proposal/0xF442…6aea/Jan 8

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CIP-81: Whitelist "Generalized Wrappers" as Solvers

`` CIP-Number: 81 Title: Whitelist "Generalized Wrappers" as Solvers Author: @middleway.eth, @kaze Status: Active Created: 2025-12-04 `` ## Simple Summary Establish the “Generalized Wrapper” architecture as a recognized method for protocol expansion and authorize the Core Team Multisig to whitelist the first set of these wrappers (specifically for the Euler Finance pilot implementation) as bond-exempt solvers. ## Motivation CoW Protocol aims to expand beyond simple token...

proposal/0xA11D…da1A/Dec 16

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CIP-80: CoW DAO Grants 2026 Renewal

`` CIP: 80 title: CoW DAO Grants 2026 Renewal author: @Sov, @mfw78, @Chim9, @middleway.eth, @notsoformal, @Master_CoW status: Active created: 2025-11-26 `` --- ## Simple Summary The 2026 CoW DAO Grants Program renewal builds on the foundation established in CIP-63 while refining focus toward strategic growth. Rather than repeating governance documentation from the previous proposal, this renewal demonstrates how the...

proposal/0xF442…6aea/Dec 15

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CIP-79: Continued funding for Development Services - Service Agreement No 5. V2

Simple Summary This proposal is filed by the Core Team (the "Service Provider") and requests that CoW DAO earmark 12,600,000 USDC from the treasury for calendar year 2026 to fund its operations. Pursuant to CIP‑64, CoW Foundation will allocate the approved budget quarterly to each of the four Legal Entities: CoW Foundation, CoW Core Limited, CoW Hosting Limited, and CoW Business Limited; in line with their mandates. * Each Legal Entity will then sub‑contract the Service Provider for...

proposal/0x9cF8…7C71/Dec 12

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CIP-78: Dissolve Sprinter Bonding Pool

Simple summary Sprinter is temporarily discontinuing solver operations in CoW Protocol and therefore proposes to dissolve the respective solver bonding pool. # Details The current bond safe was created by 0xCa99e3Fc7B51167eaC363a3Af8C9A185852D1622 in this transaction and has the following address: 0xe78d5F3aba2B31C980bF5E35E05B3A55b8365b48. USDC funds were deposited by...

proposal/0x6B80…0DF7/Dec 12

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Grant Application: Programmatic Orders API

Grant Application: Programmatic Orders API Grant Title: Programmatic Orders API Author: @bleu @yvesfracari @ribeirojose @mendesfabio About You: bleu collaborates with companies and DAOs as a web3 technology and us…

discussion/bleu/Jan 27

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Solver Request: Kerne Protocol (ZIN Intent Execution Engine)

Hi CoW team. We would like to register Kerne Protocol as a solver. We run the Zero Fee Intent Network ZIN, a delta neutral execution engine that watches intent flow from UniswapX and CowSwap, prices orders, and fills the…

discussion/Kerne/Jan 21

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How penalties affect bidding of solvers

In this post I will outline how bidding behavior of solvers is influenced by penalties. The main take-away is bids should be discounted by some term depending on revert risk. The topic of penalties has been raised on t…

discussion/felixhenneke/Jan 20

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CoW DAO Treasury — December 2025 Monthly Report

Summary December was centred on consolidating the asset mix, claiming outstanding protocol fees and rewards, and reallocating liquidity toward benchmark-aligned, lower-fragmentation venues across Mainnet, Base, and Gnosi…

discussion/kpk/Jan 19

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Ignas: Introduction as Delegate

Basic Info Name: Ignas Delegate Address: ignasdefi.eth | 0x3DDC7d25c7a1dc381443e491Bbf1Caa8928A05B0 X (Twitter): x.com Telegram: @ignasdefi 2. Intro I’m Ignas, a solo researcher with the main focus on …

discussion/Ignas/Jan 13

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[Retro Round] Hummingbot Gateway Connector for CoW SDK

Author: Tantodefi.eth & Bhavya Gor Date: January 12, 2026 Category: Developer Tooling Funding Requested: 10,000 xDAI + 20,000 vested COW tokens Gnosis Chain Address: 0x9B2FB7a8d227cDaA8002f80e8c8A99a19Bb1b969 GitHub:…

discussion/tantodefi/Jan 12

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Cow’s IR strategy

This post aims to open a much-needed conversation around a persistent and often overlooked issue in crypto: the near-complete absence of investor relations. Despite strong product-market fit and deep moats, some protoco…

discussion/m0xt/Jan 11

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Grant Application - Modernizing ethcontract-rs: Complete Migration to Alloy

Grant Title Grant Application - Modernising ethcontract-rs: Complete Migration to Alloy Stack Author(s) GitHub: @abhishekkochar Experiences and qualifications Blockchain Engineer with 5 years of experience in Rust,…

discussion/No-rush/Jan 7

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RFP : CoW Value Distribution Mechanism

RFP : CoW Value Distribution Mechanism Research & Design - RFP Requests for proposals are not intended to be prescriptive or exhaustive. The community is encouraged to submit proposals that expand upon the ideas present…

discussion/Chim9/Jan 6

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[Grant Proposal] Track Blockchain Transactions Instantly – CoW-native Monitoring & Alerts

Forum Post – Discussion Opening Message Hello CoW community :waving_hand: We are proposing Track Blockchain Transactions Instantly, a CoW-aligned monitoring and alerting platform built for advanced DeFi and CoW Swap use…

discussion/TokenizeTheFuture/Jan 2

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Grant Application - Retrospective Funding for 15 Merged Cow Protocol PRs

Grant Title Retrospective Funding for 15 Merged Cow Protocol PRs Author(s) Dinesh (GitHub: dinesh11515) Experiences and qualifications Full-stack blockchain developer with 2+ years in Web3, specializing in Solana an…

discussion/dinesh11515/Dec 29

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Second price auction is broken for small orders since CIP-74

TLDR; CIP-74 changed solver reward cap per order from 0.01 eth ($40) to the protocol fee (2 basis points) to remain profitable post CIP-74, solvers must introduce fees to break even these fees will get reflected in pri…

discussion/tokenwood/Dec 19

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CoW DAO Treasury — November 2025 Monthly Report

Summary November was a constructive month for the CoW DAO Treasury, focused on strengthening liquidity allocation, enhancing risk-adjusted returns, and streamlining treasury structure across Mainnet, Gnosis Chain, and Ba…

discussion/kpk/Dec 17

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Grant Application: swap.cow.fi performance - bundle optimization

Grant Title Grant Application: swap.cow.fi performance - bundle optimization Author(s) Senior Web Developer - Konstantin Barabanov: (crutch12 (Konstantin Barabanov) · GitHub) Main Point of Contact - Telegram: Contact @…

discussion/crutch12/Dec 16

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CoW DAO: Revenue and Human Capital Sustainability Brief

The recent ratification of CoW DAO’s governance proposal, CIP-75, passed in November 2025, has established a revenue distribution model that warrants community examination. This structural change, while approved through …

discussion/inca/Dec 16

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CIP-83: Replenishing the CoW Team Grant Allocation

UPDATE: Please find the final version of this CIP further down this thread [here] title: < Replenishing the CoW Team Grant Allocation > author: < @Kowrigan> status: Draft created: 2025/12/15 Edit Dec. 18,2025 Si…

discussion/Kowrigan/Dec 15

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Thoughts about second price auction in case of reverts

Problem The current second price auction used in cow protocol rewards the winner of the auction a function of the difference between its score, and the second best score. There’s an asymmetry here though, while the best …

discussion/marco_at_quasi/Dec 15

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Grant Application: Migration of CoW Swap Frontend to Viem & Wagmi

Author(s) @bleu @bsvalverde @ribeirojose Experiences and Qualifications bleu collaborates with companies and DAOs as a web3 technology and user experience partner. We are the team behind several core CoW Protocol develo…

discussion/bleu/Dec 11

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