LimeWire Absorbs Cookie3 and Cookie Pro to Rebuild InfoFi 2.0

LimeWire has completed its takeover of Cookie3 and Cookie Pro operations and will jointly rebuild the analytics platform with Cookie DAO as development of InfoFi 2.0 begins. Cookie DAO confirmed the transition on Nov. 10, closing a handoff that keeps the existing Cookie Pro product live while its successor is constructed from the ground up.

The arrangement is operational rather than a shutdown. Cookie Pro retains its current feature set throughout the rebuild: Cookie AI, KOL analytics, the product dashboard, and its wash-trading scores and signals. Users of the existing toolkit face no immediate service interruption.

What does the handoff change in practice?

For practitioners who rely on Cookie Pro, the answer is continuity now and structural change later. LimeWire contributes engineering capacity, blockchain infrastructure and additional resources to the joint effort. Cookie DAO retains its role in the rebuild and plans to publish further details as the work progresses.

The two teams have already started development of InfoFi 2.0, which they intend to rebuild from scratch rather than iterate on the current codebase. That decision signals a substantial engineering commitment, not a rebrand of existing infrastructure.

Three workstreams define the roadmap

The development plan concentrates on three areas:

• AI engine upgrade. Cookie Pro's AI capabilities will be rebuilt and enhanced, extending the analytics layer that currently powers its insights.
• SmartKOL redesign. The allocation mechanism for SmartKOL will be redesigned with an explicit goal of reducing wash trading — a direct response to manipulation pressure on influencer-driven reward systems.
• Rewards model changes. The rewards structure will be adjusted, with details to follow from Cookie DAO as implementation proceeds.

The SmartKOL item carries the most operational weight. Wash trading distorts allocation metrics by inflating apparent engagement and trading activity, which in turn misallocates rewards toward coordinated actors. A redesign that filters synthetic volume more effectively would change who gets compensated and by how much, a material question for every KOL and campaign participant currently using the platform.

Why the structure matters

Handing operations to LimeWire while Cookie DAO remains involved produces a dual-track model: a stable legacy product on one side, a ground-up rebuild on the other. That approach avoids the migration risk that typically accompanies platform rewrites — analytics users, wash-trading scores and signals remain accessible while the replacement is built.

For LimeWire, the deal adds an analytics and data layer to its existing footprint, and the contribution of engineering capacity and blockchain infrastructure positions it as the operational backbone of the next version. For Cookie DAO, the arrangement secures development resources without retiring the current product.

What changes next is disclosure. Cookie DAO has committed to releasing further details as work progresses, and the substantive questions — the shape of the new rewards model, the mechanics of the redesigned SmartKOL allocation, and the timeline for InfoFi 2.0 — will only be answerable when those specifications land.