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Centaur Whitepaper
Abstract
Background
Overview of the DeFi Sector
CeDeFi
Centaur
An All-Encompassing DeFi Suite
The Upgrades We Made
Centaur Swap
Overview
Getting Started
Swaps and Settlements
Liquidity Pools
Step-By-Step Guide
Current Solutions
Key Features
WHEYv2
Future Implementations
Hadar Wallet
Overview
Multi-Chain
Dapp Integration
Centaur Chain
Overview
Cosmos IBC
State of on-chain validators
Ecosystem
Ecosystem Comprehensivity
CNTR Tokenomics
WHEY Tokenomics
Audit
Roadmap
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Overview
The use of Automated Market Makers (AMMs) have quickly supplanted orderbook matching as the primary method of providing liquidity to decentralised finance (“DeFi”) markets. Nevertheless, current AMM solutions are not without their problems and most existing solutions seek to achieve an optimal trade-off between minimising such problems.
At Centaur, we believe that an ideal solution should have the following characteristics:
  1. 1.
    no impermanent loss for liquidity providers;
  2. 2.
    low slippage for traders; and
  3. 3.
    high returns for liquidity providers.
This whitepaper will set out the current AMM solutions and examine the key improvements that Centaur Swap offers over its competitors.

WHY CENTAUR SWAP

In summary, Centaur Swap offers innovations in 3 key areas:
  1. 1.
    Price oracles to eliminate impermanent loss;
  2. 2.
    Consolidated pools with single-side staking;
  3. 3.
    Unique curve design to minimise slippage when pools are in balance

USING CENTAUR SWAP

TRADERS

Low Slippage. Traders will enjoy low slippage (due to liquidity maximisation) and liquidity comparable to centralised exchanges.

ARBITRAGEURS

Arbitrage Profits. Arbitrageurs are incentivised to rebalance off-balanced liquidity pools by making a profit from a difference between the Internal Price and External Price[1].

LIQUIDITY PROVIDERS

Single-side Staking. LPs can choose to stake only one token which will prevent unnecessary exposure to other tokens.
High Returns. All tokens swaps will be charged a trading fee. LPs will receive a share of the trading fees that is proportionate to their share of the liquidity pool, if the trading fees results from a swap into the pool where they have staked their tokens. LPs will also receive a portion of the returns generated from the liquidity that has been lent or staked on other DeFi platforms.
No Impermanent Loss. The use of price oracles and the incentivisation of arbitrageurs will ensure that the risk of impermanent loss is eliminated.
[1] See Single-side Staking for definitions of Internal Price and External Price
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WHY CENTAUR SWAP
USING CENTAUR SWAP
TRADERS
ARBITRAGEURS
LIQUIDITY PROVIDERS