Uniswap
Uniswap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain. It enables the automated trading of digital assets through smart contracts, eliminating the need for intermediaries or centralized order books. Uniswap facilitates cryptocurrency tokens swaps using liquidity pools contributed by users.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- Uniswap Logo and Wordmark.svg
- Software.caption
- Uniswap's web application interface
- Software.other_names
- UNI
- Software.author
- Hayden Adams
- Software.developer
- Uniswap Labs
- Software.released
- November 2018
- Software.latest release version
- v4
- Software.programming language
- Solidity
- Software.platform
- Avalanche Base Ethereum Polygon
- Software.genre
- Decentralized exchange
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License v3.0
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- History
- Uniswap Labs
- Uniswap Foundation
- Protocol
- UNI token
- See also
- References
- External links
Uniswap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain. It enables the automated trading of digital assets through smart contracts, eliminating the need for intermediaries or centralized order books. Uniswap facilitates cryptocurrency tokens swaps using liquidity pools contributed by users.
The protocol, which runs on open-source software, was launched in 2018. , Uniswap is estimated to be the second largest decentralized exchange and the seventh-largest cryptocurrency exchange overall by daily trading volume.