# Landscape

Let's take a moment to understand the proposer landscape.

### Who is proposing?

Most proposals fall into one of three groups: 

* **Experienced users** who understand the rules and timing
* **Bots** that automatically monitor and submit proposals
* **New users** who mistakenly believe it is free money

### Who is disputing?

Disputers typically fall into the same groups:

* **Experienced disputers** who specialize in identifying flawed proposals
* **Bots** that quickly dispute incorrect proposals
* **Opportunists** who target mistakes made by inexperienced proposers

### Looking at the numbers

The number of **disputes has been rising**, with a noticeable decline beginning in **October 2025**, when the **proposer whitelist** was implemented.

<div data-full-width="false" data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="/files/RoTnGdC5Kd95hzXPHmW6" alt=""><figcaption><p>Most disputes are noncontentious i.e., if you get disputed, you will almost certainly lose. <br>Over 80% of disputes are resolved as P4 (Too Early). <a href="https://dune.com/risk_labs/uma-oo-metrics">Dune Dashboard</a></p></figcaption></figure></div>


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