# \[Grant Request\] Purple Pay **URL:** \ **Category:** Grants\ **Created:** [February 20, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.0xprotocol.org/t/grant-request-purple-pay/3500 "2023-02-20T05:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![fig](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.0xprotocol.org/fig/32/1198_2.png) [@fig](https://forum.0xprotocol.org/u/fig)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.0xprotocol.org/t/grant-request-purple-pay/3500/33 "2023-05-09T17:35:28Z")
​​Historically, a large percentage of allocated funds in a grant program have been integrations. Looking at Aave’s Grants reporting in Q1 - integrations were 44.5%: ![Screen Shot 2023-05-09 at 1.10.37 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/x0xproject/original/2X/3/362826725a21c376ee29d9623a9327396fea82c7.jpeg) **Purple Pay** seems to fit into this category, expanding the use of 0x’s API to payments, private transactions, and a differentiated user base. While this Grant request seems reasonable we have three primary concerns: 1. The need for incentives programs, up to 15k 2. The sustainability of direct-to-the-forum (and treasury) Grant requests OP initially took this perspective and IMO it is dilutive, shifting the purpose of Governance towards a grants program vs. product development, finance, and sustainability… Other teams have segmented this responsibility, allowing Governance to focus on more high-value, contentious proposals. It may be worth establishing some sort of guidelines: - any treasury request above 50k goes to Governance directly - anything less - goes to a sub-committee focused on Grant distribution * * * Even then, I am not convinced of the need for Grants in this stage of the protocol’s maturation. _The purpose of 0x protocol is to provide trade settlement for swaps - not to be Gitcoin._ Let’s focus on that goal instead. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.0xprotocol.org/t/grant-request-purple-pay/3500)._