Is-a-fork-of

dYdX v4 (dYdX Chain)'s assessment for RD-F-126 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

dYdX v4 is an original Cosmos-SDK appchain written from scratch in Go. Not a fork of any other DeFi protocol. Per profile: V4 is a from-scratch app-chain rewrite. README states sovereign blockchain software built using Cosmos SDK and CometBFT. All custom modules (x/clob, x/perpetuals, x/prices, x/subaccounts, x/vault) are original dYdX implementations.

Sources #

URL
v4 Technical Architecture Overview — from-scratch appchaindYdX v4 architecture overviewretrieved 2026-05-17
GitHub
dYdX v4-chain — original Cosmos appchaindydxprotocol/v4-chain READMEretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Identify the upstream protocol this is a fork of (if any) via bytecode similarity, function-selector set overlap, or team declaration.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol dydx-v4 factor RD-F-126 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-17 09:58:47