The grant also includes six months of support and maintenance, inclusive of minor improvements and bug fixes, but not inclusive of significant functional updates. The Nethermind team has budgeted 4 hours/week for this – if they happen to go over (on our request), they will be compensated at their standard rate of $110/h for the additional hours.
The Python trading client was specifically requested by multiple traders on dYdX, so we expect it to get a lot of usage from the get-go, increasing volumes and fees on dYdX.