According to @dydxfoundation, an on-chain governance vote is live asking whether to reduce the dYdX Chain active validator set to 42, with voting scheduled to end on Oct 20, 2025 at 16:22 UTC. Source: dYdX Foundation on X, Oct 16, 2025. Traders seeking official materials and live tallies can review the discussion on the dYdX Forum and track on-chain status as Proposal 297 on Mintscan to monitor the outcome at the deadline. Sources: dYdX Forum DRC Reduce Active Validator Set to 42; Mintscan dYdX Proposal 297.