According to @dydxfoundation, an on-chain governance vote (Proposal 276) asks the dYdX community to approve appointing eight validators as the initial designated proposer set, with voting scheduled to end on Sep 9, 2025 at 07:58 UTC. Source: dYdX Foundation on X, Sep 5, 2025. Proposal details and live status are published on the dYdX Forum and tracked on Mintscan, where tokenholders can review and participate. Sources: dYdX Forum; Mintscan Proposal 276.