This week Firo announced the release of FiroDEX. AtomicDEX is backing FiroDEX, which supports a wide range of chains via atomic swaps, including:
- Ethereum
- BNB Chain
- Avalanche
- Matic
- HECO
- Qtum
- any UTXO-based coin
Atomic swaps are a powerful technology that enables censorship-resistant exchanges. FiroDEX is safe and non-custodial because you have complete control over your keys and coins. As a result, no KYC is necessary, and there are no geographical restrictions. Order books are similarly decentralized, and anyone with a computer can run a FiroDEX node and contribute to its infrastructure.
Furthermore, FiroDEX is not built on smart contract technology. Therefore there is a much lower possibility of entire liquidity pools having issues with vulnerabilities. Unlike automated market makers, FiroDEX operates on an order book system. It allows much greater control over liquidity and capital efficiency.
On the Github Release page, you can get the latest FiroDEX! Mobile versions are also on the way, and are now in testing! FiroDEX is still in beta, but it has all of the essential features.
Miner rewards change proposal
The Co-founder of Firo, Reuben Yap made a proposal for changing the mining rewards for miners. The block reward distribution is as follows:
- 50% Miners
- 35% Masternodes
- 15% Dev reward
His suggestion is to change it to something like this:
- 50% Masternodes
- 15% Dev reward
- 15% Community Matching Fund
- 20% Miners
Reuben named three reasons for his proposal:
- A newly mined supply of Firo is being sold
With Firo’s big focus on having Firo mined by community hardware, it often produces a lack of loyalty to the project. Many miners simply mine Firo strategically as it’s one of the more profitable coins, especially on LHR cards. Also, a lot of miners sell tokens right after they mine them.
- This increases network security and reduces selling pressure
Proof of Work no longer provides the primary security for Firo. That is given to masternodes via chainlocks, and proof of work is primarily a backup security method from chainlocks as well as a distribution mechanism for the coin. With over 50% of the new supply going to miners, Firo is overpaying for the security they get.
- This allows the community to get funding for their research
Firo Community matching fund will provide additional funding and it will increase community involvement and responsibility. The core team does not have access to this new community matching fund and will not get any additional funds as a result of this new scheme. If the community grows enough, the Development Fund can eventually phase out and switch to the Community Matching Fund.
What the new proposal solves?
The proposal focuses on productive uses of Firo’s new supply, which will improve the project, rather than the distribution of supply to miners and overpaying for security.
Rather than having the core team be the initiator and primary mover of things, it encourages more active community participation and responsibility for what they wish to see in the project.
Trains the community to evaluate and discuss proposals, resulting in a healthier project
Long-term investors get rewards, and mercenary miners’ selling pressure should go down too.
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