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 and EVM ecosystems.

GitHub: https://github.com/dinesh11515 CowSwap PRs: https://github.com/cowprotocol/cowswap/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+author%3Adinesh11515.

Grant Description

This retrospective grant seeks funding for 15 pull requests merged into cowprotocol/cowswap, the primary CoW Protocol UI. Contributions improved user experience, fixed bugs. Each PR averaged 2 hours of research, coding, testing, and review, aligning with CoW DAO’s retroactive funding for demonstrated open-source impact in developer tools.​

Type of Grant:

Milestones-based (retrospective completion).

Milestones:

Milestones Title Due date () Funding request Milestone 1 15 Merged CowSwap PRs Already completed 1,200 xDAI () All PRs closed and merged prior to application.

Specifics: Milestone 1

Completed 15 PRs to cowprotocol/cowswap (links: https://github.com/cowprotocol/cowswap/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+author%3Adinesh11515).

Funding breakdown: 15 PRs × 2 hours/PR × 40 xDAI/hour = 1,200 xDAI total.

Funding Request:

Total: 1,200 xDAI. Justified by 30 hours effort (2 hrs/PR avg.) at 40 xDAI/hr market rate for Web3 dev work. No COW tokens requested. Matches retro funding for OSS contributions.​

Gnosis Chain Address (to receive the grant)

0x14644A8e71643e2562Bb59421db9FB9283Df0cBa

Other Information

All work open-source and verifiable via GitHub. Aligns with CoW’s developer tools priority in retro rounds.​

Terms and Conditions

By submitting this grant application, I acknowledge and agree to be bound by the CoW DAO Participation Agreement and the CoW DAO Grant Agreement Terms.