Pools

Pools in DexToro Liquidity serve as intermediaries between liquidity providers and markets, aggregating collateral from vaults and allocating it to various derivative markets. They play a crucial role in facilitating liquidity and enabling the creation of on-chain financial products.

Types of Pools

DexToro Liquidity offers several types of pools:

1. Preferred Pool (DexToro Protocol Pool): The main pool managed by the DexToro Protocol, serving as the default option for liquidity providers.

2. Approved Pools: Additional pools specified by the DexToro Protocol, offering exposure to different combinations of markets.

3. Zero Pool: A special pool with ID "0" that backs no markets and has no owner, similar to a decentralized borrowing protocol for minting and burning dUSD.

4. Permissionlessly Created Pools: Anyone can create and configure their own pool.

Collateral Aggregation and Allocation

Liquidity providers deposit collateral into vaults and delegate their stablecoin credit to pools. Pool owners can then allocate this liquidity to various markets, allowing them to withdraw stablecoins to underwrite financial products. This mechanism ensures that markets have sufficient liquidity to facilitate trading activities.

Rewards and Incentives

Pools offer liquidity providers the opportunity to earn rewards by participating in well-designed markets with appropriate fee structures. As markets generate trading fees, these rewards are distributed back to the liquidity providers, incentivizing their participation and enhancing overall liquidity within the ecosystem.

Pool Ownership and Management

Pool owners are responsible for allocating liquidity to markets, with the DexToro Protocol Pool's allocation governed by DexToro Council Configuration Proposals (DCCPs). Owners can also manage rewards distributors, which are smart contracts that distribute rewards among liquidity positions within a specific vault.

Relationship with Vaults

As determined by the pool owner, each pool has one vault for each approved collateral type. This separation of collateral into vaults has implications for liquidations, vault-level liquidations, and targeted incentivization of specific collateral types through rewards distributors.

By understanding the role of pools, liquidity providers can effectively participate in the DexToro Liquidity ecosystem, contributing to the liquidity needs of derivative markets and earning rewards in the process.