General
Roadmap
Wen launch?
We have launched the first beta mainnet on Nov 12! Full launch is schedule in Jan 2026, where multi-pairs will be supported with full deposit / withdrawal features.
Any token for DeltaDeFi?
We have a token plan, but right now it is still in the early stage that we don't have the exact tokenomics fleshed out.
A certain thing is a considerable amount of distribution will be allocated for airdrop to our early adopters. DLTA Points (XP) will be one of our core indicators to distinguish our early supportors and rewards them accordingly.
Any plans to go multi-chain?
No. While we thought of the multi-chain strategy in the early days, now we are more in a stage of focusing on the technology itself and bringing as much sought-after trading experience to the Cardano community natively, before considering diluting our focus.
Design
Why Cardano?
Our team is deeply rooted in the Cardano ecosystem. We build on Cardano of course, since we love Cardano. But more importantly, our understanding of Cardano enables us to build products that fill gaps in DeFi, which is a unique opportunity that exists in the Cardano ecosystem.
Why order book?
In the realm of trading, we believe the order book model is the true model that servesthe actual demand of trading and stands the test of time. As a project aims to bridge the gap between centralized trading experience with the DeFi world, we have then chosen order book model to build the decentralized exchange.
Why Hydra?
In order to trade with speed and bring as close user experience to centralized services as possible, we have to build on top of any available scaling technology. So far, Hydra is the only scaling technology that works on Cardano. After accessing factors like potential features, supports, and limitations, we decided that Hydra is a technology that meets the bar of DeltaDeFi's need, and then started investing in this technology.
Hydra
What is the relationship between DeltaDeFi and Hydra team?
There is no relationship. Apart from the fact that DeltaDeFi is one of a few teams that is actively building on top of Hydra and providing actual user feedback to the Hydra team. DeltaDeFi is like a community member in the Hydra family.
I have heard about the Hydra Head protocol being custodial. Is my fund deposited into DeltaDeFi safe?
Hydra's fund safety comes from "at least one honest participant". Achieving sufficient decentralization in Hydra comes with some decisions on who could host the DeltaDeFi Hydra node and open-sourcing the infrastructure.
Given that the decentralization of how we use Hydra can be improved over time, and also with limited funding, our team decides to focus every resource possible on bringing the right product to Cardano at first.
We will start testing by hosting all nodes and then invite trusted community parties to host part of the Hydra nodes. DeltaDeFi will become more and more decentralized as times go by, and eventually a fully decentralized DApp for the community.
Who is hosting the Hydra node right now? What is the roadmap of decentralization?
Currently we start by solely hosting the Hydra nodes, since we are working closely with Hydra team on several issues. Prior to Hydra software stablize, we have to iterate quickly for features / bug fixed. Once it becomes more stable, we will start decentalizing nodes.
Overall speaking, we planned on 3 phases to decentralize DeltaDeFi:
Current: Prove product market fit and derisk technology
In this current phase, we focus on attaining product market fit of the DEX itself, and derisk technology:
Done: Architecture (merklized Hydra application), DApp development (open source suite)
Limitation: Hydra software stability and maintenability
Decentralizing hydra node (post hydra software stability)
Once hydra software stabilizes (at this moment mostly focusing on TPS and snapshot reliability), we will add more parties into co-hosting the hydra node to pseudo-decentralize the platform.
It is not pursued now since hydra software is still under rapid updates. It will kill iteration speed if we add too early
Decentralizing matching engine
Once DeltaDeFi attains economic sustainability, we will research on designing and building a UTxO native on-chain order book, to further put order matching on-chain.
We are determined to move DeltaDeFi into a community owned decentralized protocol, and taking a step-by-step approach.
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