What Is dYdX (DYDX)?
dYdX is a layer 2protocol, and layer 2 is a secondary framework or protocol created on top of an existing blockchain system. The primary purpose of such protocols is to address the significant cryptocurrency networks' transaction speed and make a blockchain more efficient. DYDX is the governance token of the platform that gives the dYdX community complete control over the system. DYDX lets traders, liquidity providers, and dYdX partners collaborate on the dYdX layer 2 protocol. DYDX creates an ecosystem around governance, rewards, and staking, all designed to propel dYdX's growth and decentralization, resulting in a better user experience.
The user interface is friendly, as the dYdX platform provides various features:
Active governance suggestions that can be viewed and voted on, including prior governance suggestions.
Holders of DYDX are given two types of governance powers: the ability to propose and vote. Users can view their proposing and voting powers on the dashboard.
Users can see the rewards they've received from their trading activity on the exchange.
In an aggregated view, users can see their DYDX holdings, claimable DYDX, staked DYDX, and withdrawable DYDX. Besides this, the current circulating quantity and daily distribution of DYDX tokens can also be viewed by users.
Additionally, the platform also has a concept of epochs. Epochs are 28-day periods that govern all rewards and staking contracts. When the current epoch finishes, a new one begins automatically. Trading rewards are distributed at the end of each epoch. Around seven days after the epoch ends, users can claim their rewards. As the whitepaper of the platform states, any successful exchange relies heavily on liquidity. The liquidity provider rewards are also handed out after the end of epochs. Apart from this, 7.5% of the initial token supply is allocated for distribution to past users of any dYdX protocol who have completed certain trading milestones on the platform.
Another important part of the platform is a community treasury. The community treasury has 5% of the initial token supply. The treasury's goals are to fund programs and initiatives that propel dYdX forward and create funding programs to support community NFTs, hackathons, analytics dashboards, memes, translations, and other initiatives. The treasury is also utilized to create a governance framework and incentivize strong governance.
How to Earn DYDX?
Users can stake USDC and DYDX to earn staking rewards. DYDX is issued to users who stake USDC to the liquidity staking pool to foster liquidity network effects and incentivize professional liquidity providers. Community-approved liquidity providers use the staked USDC to construct markets on the dYdX. This further increases the liquidity accessible throughout the markets. DYDX payouts are given in real time based on each staker's share of the total USDC in the pool. Staking pools are the way to increase the protocol's liquidity and security.
History of dYdX (DYDX)
The dYdX Foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The dYdX Foundation supports and grows every aspect, technical or otherwise, of the current implementation and all future implementations of the dYdX protocol. In addition, Arthur Cheong, Rebecca Rettig, and Markus Spillman are members of the dYdX Foundation's Council.
