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In April and June 2025, dYdX Grants awarded Nethermind two complementary grants to raise the standard of developer tooling on dYdX for “API Docs & Client Upgrades” (12 months from April 2025) and for “Rust and Python Client Support” (12 months from June 2025). Together, the initiatives deliver a dedicated API documentation site, align client behaviour across languages, and provide ongoing maintenance of the Rust and Python trading clients.
1) API Docs & Client Upgrades
- Dedicated API documentation site modeled on the v3 docs structure with clear sections and endpoints for proactive interaction with the dYdX Chain.
- First‑class examples and SDK guidance in TypeScript, Python, and Rust to streamline onboarding.
- Migration of technical materials to the new site and coverage of protocol upgrades.
- SDK parity & maintenance discipline: monitor TypeScript API updates, mirror changes in Python and Rust clients, and maintain a transparent changelog.
2) Rust & Python Client Support
- Improvement, updating, and ongoing maintenance of the Rust and Python trading clients originally developed by Nethermind.
- Protocol‑aligned upgrades to keep both clients current with product changes so developers can immediately leverage new functionality.
Ecosystem impact
Consistent, well‑structured documentation and aligned client libraries reduce integration risk, accelerate time‑to‑first‑trade, and improve reliability for teams building on dYdX - critical for market makers, strategy teams, and institutional participants.
Nethermind’s lasting and growing collaboration with dYdX has been central to our work this year on the Rust and Python Trading Clients. Together with the dYdX Team, we have focused on enhancing the Rust and Python dYdX Trading Clients, improving their documentation, and aligning them more closely with the API. By leveraging our experience in maintaining client libraries, we have developed a strategy to harmonize the API and strengthen the overall developer experience. These improvements will not only support traders and developers today but also provide long-term value to the dYdX ecosystem as it continues to grow, alongside the relationship between Nethermind and dYdX.
— Tomasz Kurowski, Head of DeFi & Enterprise Business, Nethermind
Timeline
- API Docs & Client Upgrades: April 2025 → April 2026 (12 months).
- Rust & Python Client Support: June 2025 → June 2026 (12 months).
Teams seeking to contribute to dYdX are invited to apply for a grant through the dYdX Grants portal.
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