Rootstock Collective digest,
2026-11-05.

Proposals and RFCs

No new proposals this window. Two pre-AMA grants drew sustained delegate scrutiny.

Predge (2610 Grant, 35,000 USD Strategic tier) responded point by point to delegates: it dropped the self-integration fallback from Milestone 3, committed to a signed scope from an independent Rootstock team before any vote, narrowed the grant to one flow (deterministic checks for paid API calls and agent jobs), and published a 20 Oct self-review of its v1 contracts (3 high, 5 medium, 7 low, 7 informational). IBUKI, a Hiroshima demolition operator and Rootstock Ambassador, agreed to run a testnet PoC with sample construction contracts due by Nov 10. Nihar of Areta Market offered to source audit quotes. Predge said the grant has no confirmed timeline, so the PoC proceeds regardless of grant outcome with no costs or obligations for IBUKI.

RPCDrift (topic) reduced its ask to a 6,750 USD ceiling at 30 USD per hour. Delegates (DAOstar_gov, Axia, ChronoTrigger, Eren_DAOplomats, SEEDGov, Manuvegadt, LEGOSI) uniformly require demand evidence, written interest from at least two Rootstock teams, to be posted before the Initial AMA rather than funded as a Milestone 1 deliverable, citing grant guidelines V3.3. Verification of the technical lead was also raised.

New topics

None.

Discussion by topic

• Predge (t/1009): delegates questioned the core product versus first user, the audit scope, and demand validation. Predge narrowed scope and published the v1 review. The IBUKI PoC proceeds regardless of the grant.
• RPCDrift (t/1011): the budget cut was welcomed; the pre-AMA demand-evidence requirement remains unsatisfied. LEGOSI restated the gate: letters of intent from allied dApps plus public GitHub verification before voting.
• SwaptoX (t/700): ChronoTrigger asked whether the M1 audit was resolved. SwaptoX said the provider is not finalized, Hexens is the first choice, and Milestone 3 is not fully complete though the SDK and mobile mini app are progressing. Tane flagged a scope change: the funded scope describes the public API as open access with no initial rate limits, while a one request per second limit was mentioned. SwaptoX attributed the limits to recent high-frequency abuse through automation.
• Kleros Foresight (t/977): Eren_DAOplomats supported the design-first approach but flagged a benchmark integrity risk, where a market resolving No after 150 days for delay while the grant still delivers would break the benchmark data, and asked that it be solved in Milestone 1.
• Andromeda Core (t/876): Ilichb published interim numbers on Nov 4: zero of 18 frozen wallets viewed a report, zero attributed stakes, zero conversions from every channel, and the 8-view floor called out of reach. SEEDGov liked and retweeted from the official X account. Manuvegadt and LEGOSI framed the near-zero result as distribution friction data rather than failure. Ilichb said the Nov 11 report will open in plain language.
• Delegate compensation (t/622): Raphael_Anode (Anode) published November monthly compensation for seven recognized delegates (SEEDGov 405,630; Curia 254,599; Tane 9,914,567; ChronoTrigger 23,488,536; DAOStar 32,877,504; Axia 2,976,473; DAOPlomats 13,775,441), to be processed via a dApp proposal, with redelegation noted.

Sentiment

• Predge: mixed to critical but constructive. Delegate scrutiny on scope, demand and audit was answered point by point, scope was narrowed, and a real-world PoC partner emerged. Demand evidence remains outstanding before any vote.
• RPCDrift: critical and scrutiny-driven. Delegates uniformly gate on verified demand evidence before the Initial AMA per V3.3; the budget cut is welcomed but the requirement is not yet met.
• SwaptoX: mixed. A milestone delay, an unfinalized audit, and a flagged rate-limit change versus the funded open-access scope.
• Kleros Foresight: supportive with one technical flag on benchmark integrity.
• Andromeda Core: mixed but transparency-positive. Delegates treated the near-zero pilot metrics as valid distribution friction data ahead of the Nov 11 report.

What to watch

• RPCDrift: demand evidence (letters of intent from two or more teams) and public verification of the technical lead must be posted before the Initial AMA.
• SwaptoX: Tane asked SwaptoX to confirm whether the one request per second public API limit applies to the Milestone 3 deliverable.
• Andromeda Core: the Nov 11 report is due; the 8-view floor is effectively out of reach, and the report is expected to open in plain language.
• Predge: the testnet PoC with IBUKI proceeds regardless of grant outcome; audit scope and demand evidence remain to be closed before any vote.