Big Data Research ›› 2022, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (4): 67-84.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.2096-0271.2022064

• TOPIC: DIGITAL ECONOMY • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Exchange mechanism for decentralized finance: a survey

Yimin DENG1,2, Shijing SI1, Jianzong WANG1, Zeyuan LI1, Jing XIAO1   

  1. 1 Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518063, China
    2 Institute for Advanced Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Online:2022-07-15 Published:2022-07-01
  • Supported by:
    The Key Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2021B0101400003)

Abstract:

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a new paradigm for providing financial services based on blockchain and smart contract, which support many applications including loans and derivatives.Therefore, the exchange mechanism of DeFi has attracted large amount of attention, as it directly affects the stability of upper-level applications.The exchange mechanism of DeFi was reviewed.Firstly, the concept and the protocols related to exchange mechanism were introduced.Secondly, the transaction mechanism was classified through their approaches of realization, and the methods based on order book, automated market maker and aggregator were discussed respectively.The differences and connections among the implementation of those methods were introduced.Finally, the fairness, security and anonymity problems faced by the decentralized exchange were analyzed and summarized, and potential future research directions were proposed.

Key words: blockchain, decentralized finance, decentralized exchange, exchange mechanism, automated market maker

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