Dopex (DPX) is a decentralized options protocol that aims to maximize liquidity, minimize losses for options writers, and maximize gains for options traders. According to the whitepaper, options are tricky, and efficient options that benefit the purchasers and writers alike are even more deceptive.

Dopex aims to solve the nuances and intricacies that come with options trading by offering fair option pricing, maximum liquidity, capital efficiency for writers, cheaper options for traders, incentives for all protocol participants, rebates for option writers via rDPX, and minimal fees and maximum speed via the Arbitrum blockchain. Arbitrum is an Ethereum scaling solution designed by Offchain Labs to reduce the cost and latency of decentralized applications (DApps) for users and developers.

As per the platform, in traditional finance and existing centralized finance (CeFi), users have to decide strike prices and options expirations to trade while scanning order books for demand on the gain-side. Dopex uses option pools aiming to allow anyone to earn a yield passively. Pool participants deposit cryptocurrency or quote assets, which get utilized as liquidity for users looking to trade options.

Dopex uses two tokens for the protocol to work in synergy: DPX and rDPX. DPX is a governance token used to vote on protocol and app-level proposals. DPX also accrues fees and revenue from pools, vaults, and wrappers built over the Dopex protocol.

rDPX is a token minted and distributed for any setbacks incurred by pool participants.

Furthermore, the whitepaper states that Dopex uses its innovative and state-of-the-art pricing model to replicate volatility smiles. Therefore, Dopex ensures fair and optimized option prices across all strike prices and expirations, which benefits options traders.

The founder of Dopex is TzTok-Chad and has a core developer team of 5 members. As per the whitepaper, the platform launched its single staking option vaults in Q4 of 2021, and by Q1 2022, Dopex is looking forward to launching the option strategy vaults.