Hi @juminstock, @mrkarahanli-emre, @Gaius_sama 
Hope you all had a great New Year.
I wanted to kindly check whether this proposal can move forward to the next step, or if there is anything I should do from my side to help advance the process.
I’m very keen to start executing in early 2026 and would really appreciate any guidance on the timeline or next actions.
Thank you!
Hello @SwaptoX! Let me explain the process and the steps you need to follow if your intention is to request funds from the treasury:
Here I’m sharing the information you should keep in mind to opt for one of these two routes: Astar Network Treasury Proposal Guidelines, Rules and Template
Here is our documentation with clear guides on how to do this: Astar Onchain Governance | Welcome to Astar
I hope the information provided is clear to you, but if not, please let me know 
Hi @juminstock, thank you for the clarification.
To confirm, our intention is to first request a review by the Main Council, and only proceed to a public referendum after that step, as previously discussed.
Earlier, we were advised that to request a Main Council review, we should tag @Gaius_sama, which we have already done multiple times in this thread. However, we are not sure whether this alone is sufficient to formally trigger the review process.
Could you please confirm:
Whether tagging @Gaius_sama in this proposal thread is the correct and sufficient way to request a Main Council review, and
If not, what exact action is required on our side to officially initiate the Main Council’s review before moving to a referendum?
We want to make sure we are following the correct governance procedure and would appreciate guidance on how to proceed.
Hi @SwaptoX,
If I understand correctly, your project is a DEX aggregator. These types of projects typically create value when an ecosystem has multiple DEXs and fragmented liquidity across several pools. In the case of Astar, however, the situation appears different. On Astar EVM, Arthswap currently accounts for roughly 98% of the available liquidity.
Given this context, could you clarify what the concrete benefit is for users to swap through SwaptoX rather than interacting directly with Arthswap?
In your proposal, you mention that the Astar ecosystem lacks a mature, general purpose swap aggregator infrastructure. However, does a swap aggregator not inherently require an ecosystem with multiple active DEXs before it becomes meaningfully relevant?
Looking forward to your clarification.
Hi @Gaius_sama , thank you for the direct and thoughtful questions — they are absolutely valid.
You are correct that today Arthswap represents the majority of liquidity on Astar EVM, and I agree that a pure DEX-to-DEX price comparison aggregator only becomes maximally valuable once liquidity is fragmented across multiple venues.
However, SwaptoX is designed as execution and routing infrastructure, not merely a UI-level DEX selector, and it provides concrete value even in the current Astar context:
1) Path-level optimization, not protocol-level choice
SwaptoX does not only compare “which DEX”, but evaluates multiple execution paths per token, including 1–3 hop routes within the same liquidity source.
For popular tokens, SwaptoX already evaluates dozens of possible paths, filtering them through arbitrage-derived routing logic to maximize final output.
In contrast, many direct DEX interfaces default to the shortest or simplest path, which is not always the most capital-efficient.
As a result, even if Arthswap is the sole liquidity venue, SwaptoX can theoretically deliver better execution outcomes through deeper path exploration.
2) Future-proof swap infrastructure, introduced early
While Arthswap dominates today, ecosystems evolve. Introducing a general-purpose swap layer before liquidity fragmentation occurs avoids long-term coupling of applications to a single AMM implementation and reduces future integration overhead as new DEXs or pool types emerge.
3) Developer-first SDK / API and ecosystem enablement
A core milestone of SwaptoX is a lightweight SDK and public API that allows other dApps to embed swaps without maintaining routing, pricing, or token-specific logic themselves.
To lower adoption friction, SwaptoX commits to providing at least one year of free usage (UI, SDK, and API) for the Astar / Soneium ecosystem during its growth phase.
4) Alignment with Soneium and OP Stack expansion
Soneium integration is explicitly included in the milestones. From my perspective, the combination of Astar + Soneium strengthens the long-term case for a shared, reusable swap infrastructure layer rather than isolated DEX-specific integrations.
In short, I fully agree that aggregators shine most in fragmented environments — but I believe deploying the infrastructure before fragmentation occurs provides strategic value, improves execution quality today via path optimization, and reduces ecosystem-level technical debt tomorrow.
I’m happy to provide a deeper technical walkthrough if that would be helpful.
Additional technical clarification @Gaius_sama :
SwaptoX originated as an on-chain arbitrage system before evolving into a general-purpose swap aggregator.
Even in an environment with a single dominant liquidity DEX, SwaptoX does not rely on a fixed or shortest-path routing assumption. Instead, it:
Enumerates all relevant token pairs,
Orders pairs by liquidity and execution relevance,
Performs DFS-based path exploration to evaluate all viable closed-loop and multi-hop routes,
And selects the path that yields the highest final output.
Because of this arbitrage-derived routing logic, SwaptoX can, in theory and in many practical cases, produce a better execution outcome than swapping directly through a single DEX interface that evaluates only a limited subset of paths.
This is why I believe SwaptoX can provide tangible execution value on Astar even before liquidity becomes fragmented across multiple DEXs.
Test video: https://youtu.be/g7lfSBdg3Ws
I’ve shared a comparison video between SwaptoX, Uniswap, and KyberSwap. It’s important to clarify that this test does not directly reflect the current Astar environment: on Base, SwaptoX can access broader cross-DEX liquidity, while Uniswap quotes are based solely on its own liquidity.
The video is intended to highlight two observations:
In environments with multiple liquidity sources, aggregators can leverage multi-hop and path filtering to potentially achieve better outcomes than direct single-DEX swaps. This is where such capabilities would become more relevant as additional DEX liquidity emerges on Astar.
Based on observed quote results, the output difference between SwaptoX and KyberSwap is generally limited across many routes, with results often being comparable. This suggests that SwaptoX already reaches a similar baseline level of routing effectiveness, while requiring significantly lower integration and maintenance overhead.