What Is Ox?
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ARTICLE SOURCE 👉https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-ox
Published on June 28, 2021
Written by Kevin Dwyer
2021 is the year of the ox and one decentralized platform – whose name echoes that of the celestial symbol – plans on harnessing its good fortune to continue an upward trend.
0x Labs is an organization that has developed a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol that provides infrastructure to support the global exchange of tokenized assets and underpin a wide ecosystem of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions.
Since its launch in 2017, 0x has doubled its staff and ramped up its efforts to realize its vision. As the team has indicated, a key aspect of 0x’s infrastructure development is improving and managing liquidity sourcing; in line with this goal, the organization has built an application programming interface (API), 0x API, that bills itself as a liquidity solution across DEXs and platforms, among them Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon.
In addition to this, the 0x platform seeks to facilitate interoperability between DEXs and to support exchanges between Ethereum-based tokens and various tokenized assets.
DEXs are today the go-to platforms for many crypto traders, given that they allow for greater privacy and charge lower exchange fees. DEXs like Uniswap have persuaded many users to transfer their funds off popular centralized crypto exchanges like Coinbase. 0x’s protocol also allows developers to build their own decentralized crypto exchanges easily.
Summing up 0x’s hopes for the future of decentralized finance (DeFi), the organization’s co-founder Will Warren has envisioned all forms of value becoming tokenized on public blockchains, including “fiat currencies, stocks, bonds, commodities, debt instruments, real estate, video game items, digital collectibles, software licenses, reputation, and much more.”
What Distinguishes 0x From Other DeFi Projects?
There is a growing number of duplicate projects in the world of DeFi that struggle to differentiate themselves from their competitors. 0x has attempted to set itself apart by focusing on the tools that it judges to be most important for the development of the ecosystem more broadly.
The team has attempted to make it easier for developers to build their own DEXs and to help users to execute more efficient and accurate trades by providing a tool for liquidity aggregation. 0x has also created a feature called Matcha, which serves as a search engine for trading on all DEXs simultaneously – akin in its functionality to Expedia or Kayak. By aggregating all DEXs in this way, 0x aims to simplify the trading process for those faced with so many DEX options.
Another thing that distinguishes 0x from other Ethereum-based DEX protocols is that 0x supports both fungible (ERC-20) and non-fungible (ERC-723) tokens. This allows for permissionless trading across a wide range of assets, enabling holders to buy, sell and exchange the vast majority of Ethereum assets via over a dozen different apps.
The 0x protocol can be applied in a wide range of contexts, including Shopify-style marketplaces for digital goods and services, over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks and DeFi protocols and DEXs.
Although 0x can be used to build highly flexible DEX products, it can also be integrated into products in which token exchange is a secondary feature, e.g. for portfolio management platforms or in-game purchases for online games.
On the 0x protocol, exchange fees are paid using native ZRX tokens. These fees are used to incentivize market maker (relayer) liquidity. Users also need to pay a protocol fee denominated in Ether, which is used to pay for the gas used in any transactions they complete. As an open source protocol, 0x does not receive any share of this revenue and is instead supported by the ZRX tokens that are unlocked for team and developer incentives, in addition to its initial ICO funding.
How Does 0x Work?
0x supports DEX functionality by leveraging a collection of open source and publicly auditable smart contracts. These smart contracts work together to form a flexible, low-friction trading protocol that developers can easily weave into their products. The code for executing token swapping is openly shared on the 0x homepage; exchange makers need only copy it over and paste it into their platform.
The protocol is powered by an ERC-20 utility token called ZRX. Nodes (also known as relayers) host an off-chain order book and offer user-facing applications that present this information and enable users to make, fill and cancel transactions that are paid in ZRX tokens (as trading fees).
What Does the Ox Platform Run On?
The 0x platform was built using the Ethereum blockchain.
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