The Grants Program renewed support for the operation of RPC infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific and European regions, including the provisioning and maintenance of dedicated JSON-RPC endpoints. These RPC nodes support critical infrastructure for the dYdX Chain through operating dedicated full-nodes of dYdX Chain, Solana, Base, and Ethereum, ensuring reliable access for users, developers, and integrations. As part of the renewal, the RPC footprint was optimized by reducing redundancy while maintaining performance and reliability standards. This adjustment resulted in cost savings for the Grants Program, improving capital efficiency without compromising operational stability.

The grant funded to operate the Order Entry Gateway Service (OEGS) on bare metal infrastructure, providing a load-balanced set of high-performance nodes that support low-latency order entry for traders. The previous OEGS deployment was hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Following an evaluation by the Grants Program, OEGS was migrated to bare metal servers, reducing operating costs materially. Since deployment, the bare metal OEGS operated by Kingnodes has consistently demonstrated best-in-class uptime and low latency, strengthening the performance and reliability for traders.