# Refund dYdX user funds lost from high price impact out of ProtoRev profits

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**Created:** [December 28, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/refund-dydx-user-funds-lost-from-high-price-impact-out-of-protorev-profits/1088 "2023-12-28T01:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnnyWyles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.osmosis.zone/johnnywyles/32/3114_2.png) [@JohnnyWyles](https://forum.osmosis.zone/u/JohnnyWyles)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/refund-dydx-user-funds-lost-from-high-price-impact-out-of-protorev-profits/1088/19 "2023-12-28T12:21:59Z")

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With the proposal coming up next week to propose Burning the OSMO part of ProtoRev

> [@ProtoRev, Revisited](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/protorev-revisited/1060):
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> With the recent increases in ProtoRev value I am bringing the previous ProtoRev Proposal back. Source: [Lenses](https://www.datalenses.zone/chain/osmosis) The previous proposal five months ago, [linked on Keplr for Memo feedback](https://wallet.keplr.app/chains/osmosis/proposals/567) was rejected for multiple reasons: The implementation was too early and the collection too small to decide a mechanic for. Both the OSMO and non-OSMO assets were bundled in the same proposal. Voters were unsure of burn vs distribute mechanic As the ProtoRev module has now been in use for nine months a…

I think this debate should be a key part of it (maybe in that thread rather than this one though). By naming these funds “Protocol Revenue” the implication was that these funds go to Osmosis rather than being a rebate for high slippage. Trading rebates for slippage are something that other protocols have done and Osmosis seems to have gone down the opposite route of claiming this for ourselves.

Whether that is the right move now that Taker fees also exist as a form of revenue is something we should definitely be debating!

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