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When transactions are submitted to Ethereum, their order of execution is established by the amount of "gas" offered as a fee for executing each transaction. The higher the fee offered, the faster the transaction is executed. The transactions with a lower gas fee will remain pending for an indeterminate amount of time. During this time, the price environment in which the transaction will eventually be executed will change, as other swaps will be taking place. <ref>https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/concepts/V3-overview/swaps#slippage</ref> | When transactions are submitted to Ethereum, their order of execution is established by the amount of "gas" offered as a fee for executing each transaction. The higher the fee offered, the faster the transaction is executed. The transactions with a lower gas fee will remain pending for an indeterminate amount of time. During this time, the price environment in which the transaction will eventually be executed will change, as other swaps will be taking place. <ref>https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/concepts/V3-overview/swaps#slippage</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:16, 19 April 2022
The Uniswap protocol is a Permissionless peer-to-peer system designed for exchanging cryptocurrencies (ERC-20 Tokens)
AMM
Uniswap uses an Automated Market Maker(AMM) model. An AMM replaces the buy and sell orders in an order book market with a liquidity pool of two assets, both valued relative to each other. As one asset is traded for the other, the relative price of the two assets shifts, and a new market rate(price) for both is determined [1]
Liquidity Provider
A liquidity provider is someone who deposits ERC20 tokens into a given liquidity pool. Liquidity providers take on price risk and are compensated with trading fees. [2]
Swaps
Swaps are the most common way of interacting with the Uniswap protocol. For end-users, swapping is straightforward: a user selects an ERC-20 token that they own and a token they would like to trade it for. Executing a swap sells the currently owned tokens for the proportional amount of the tokens desired, minus the swap fee, which is awarded to liquidity providers [3]
Slippage
When transactions are submitted to Ethereum, their order of execution is established by the amount of "gas" offered as a fee for executing each transaction. The higher the fee offered, the faster the transaction is executed. The transactions with a lower gas fee will remain pending for an indeterminate amount of time. During this time, the price environment in which the transaction will eventually be executed will change, as other swaps will be taking place. [4]
Sources
- ↑ https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/introduction#order-book-vs-amm
- ↑ https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/concepts/V3-overview/glossary#liquidity-provider--lp
- ↑ https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/concepts/V3-overview/swaps#introduction
- ↑ https://docs.uniswap.org/protocol/concepts/V3-overview/swaps#slippage