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UF Update to Community - 7 months in
March 30th, 2023
The past few months have been a whirlwind for the Uniswap Foundation since it was formally approved by Uniswap governance in August. Here, we highlight some of what the UF has accomplished since its creation.
Uniswap Grants Retrospective
January 5th, 2023
The Uniswap Grants Program began in 2021, and over the course of 18 months funded $7M to 122 grantees. Since the founding of the Uniswap Foundation in August 2022, the Grants team has awarded 33 grants via two waves of grants totaling ~$2.7M.
Uniswap Foundation Grants: Wave 2
December 19th, 2022
Today we are announcing the Uniswap Foundation’s second wave of grant disbursements!
Uniswap Protocol Fee Switch Considerations
December 2nd, 2022
Readers are not to construe the contents of this brief as legal, business, tax, accounting, investment, or other advice. Each UNI token holder should consult its own advisers as to legal, business, tax, accounting, and other related matters concerning the proposal in light of such token holder’s particular circumstances.
Shield Distribution Begins
November 2nd, 2022
Background on UGP's visual identity, the Shields project, and distribution to grant recipients.
Protocol Fee Switch Education & Research
October 6th, 2022
Over the past few months, there has been ample discussion about the protocol fee switch within the Uniswap community. Many of these discussions were prompted by high engagement forum posts and Temperature and Consensus Checks on the fee switch posted over the summer.
Uniswap Protocol Fee Switch: Technical Breakdown
October 6th, 2022
This past summer, a proposal was kicked off in Uniswap governance to assess whether and how to turn on the protocol fee switch. Because Avantgarde is a Uniswap delegate, I followed the conversation and debate as it evolved. As I considered how we should vote, I realized that there was not much information available on what “turning on the fee switch” actually meant from a technical perspective. I didn’t feel comfortable evaluating the downstream effects of turning on the fee switch with incomplete information, so I went digging.
FAQ on Uniswap v3’s Business Source License
September 28th, 2022
When Uniswap v3 was deployed in May 2021, it was done under a Business Source License 1.1 (BSL). The BSL is an important topic within Uniswap governance, relevant to discussions of cross-chain deployments and other production uses of BSL-protected v3 code.