Upgrade frequency (per 90 days)

dYdX v4 (dYdX Chain)'s assessment for RD-F-137 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Multiple major software upgrades in 2025: v8.0 (January 2025), v9.0 (September 2025), emergency patch (October 2025). Active development cadence with 2-3 upgrades per 90-day window typical. Cosmos upgrades are large binary version changes, not granular EVM proxy slot changes. Yellow: moderate-high upgrade frequency consistent with active protocol development.

Sources #

URL
dYdX Foundation v9.0 upgrade votev9.0 upgrade September 2025retrieved 2026-05-17
URL
dYdX Foundation v8.0 upgrade reminderv8.0 upgrade January 2025retrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Count the number of contract upgrades in the trailing 90 days via on-chain upgrade events.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol dydx-v4 factor RD-F-137 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-17 09:58:47