Perpetual Protocol
Crypto Overview
Overview
Perpetual Protocol is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built on Ethereum and Optimism. It allows users to trade cryptocurrencies with up to 10x leverage using virtual automated market makers (vAMMs).
Intended Utility
The PERP token serves as the protocol's governance token, allowing holders to vote on protocol changes and receive a share of trading fees. The protocol aims to provide decentralized derivatives trading without traditional order books.
Actual Utility & Usage
The protocol has seen significant adoption with over $1 billion in cumulative trading volume. It is actively used for leverage trading and derivatives speculation. The development team remains active with regular updates and improvements to the protocol.
Token Distribution & Governance
Initial token distribution: 30% to team and advisors (with 3-year vesting), 25% to ecosystem fund, 25% to community rewards, 20% to investors. The vesting schedule and lock-up periods appear reasonable and designed to prevent pump-and-dump scenarios.
Technical Implementation
The protocol implements perpetual futures contracts through virtual AMMs, which inherently involves leverage and speculative trading. While the technology is innovative, the core functionality revolves around derivatives trading which presents concerns from an Islamic finance perspective.
Crypto Impact
To assign a comfort level investing in Perpetual Protocol from a halal perspective we need to determine whether it has a net positive or negative impact.
Towards this end, the table below is used to tally all the positive and negative considerations our members can think of related to Perpetual Protocol.
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