Algebra ‘Integral’: The All-Plugged DEX Revolution

Algebra
4 min readSep 5, 2023

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Algebra ‘Integral’ revolutionizes decentralized exchanges by presenting Modular Architecture, custom plugins, and more, achieving a perfect balance between gas costs & platform functionality. This approach significantly streamlines DEX challenges and offers substantial benefits.

The light core storing only the fundamental features, with plugins reintroducing complexity into the Algebra AMM, makes it a perfect fit for all DEXes.

‘Integral’: Cutting the Gas Costs for All

The Modular Architecture of ‘Integral’ is designed to slash costs by up to 80% while enhancing efficiency. This innovation introduces a lean core with all the basic features, with extra added plugins, which can be easily enabled or unplugged at any time, like LEGO blocks — seamlessly adding or removing parts without disrupting user activities like LPing and swapping.

For instance, take a look at how Integral saves up to 80% of gas costs compared to Uniswap V3, for different transactions:

Now, after successfully completing all required security procedures for the plugin, including audits, voting, and liquidity withdrawal prior to the update, it is now possible to enhance DEX functionality by introducing new plugins without the need for liquidity migration. The most critical component, core, which manages liquidity pools and fundamental mechanics, remains immutable under all circumstances. This approach strikes a balanced compromise between security and functionality.

In other words, by providing DEXes with a lean core that consists only of the main features & avoids additional features placed into plugins, ‘Integral’ significantly reduces gas expenses and increases overall efficiency & security.

Extending DEX Functionality With Plugins

One of ‘Integral’s’ remarkable achievements is tackling DEX immutability. Traditional DEXes face difficulties when it comes to updates due to their complex code.

However, with ‘Integral,’ a fundamental light core interacts with custom plugins, enabling DEX DAOs to effortlessly adjust functionalities. These plugins introduce additional functionalities such as Dynamic Fees, On-chain Farming, and more to empower DEX DAOs to tailor fee structures, and soon even implement Limit Orders, and create long-form orders with minimized price impact.

A Basic Core: Mitigating Liquidity Fragmentation

Additionally, ‘Integral’ centralizes liquidity within a secure core code, involving a single pool for each token pair, minimizing fragmentation and enhancing swap efficiency, all while providing customization options.

This core code’s stability ensures the security of users’ funds and eliminates the need to remove or migrate all liquidity when updating or adding/removing plugins on the platform, also preventing unnecessary gas wastage.

In summary, Algebra ‘Integral’ presents a game-changing approach:

1) Modular Architecture

Offering plugins for features like Limit Orders, Built-in Farming, and Dynamic Fees, fostering partnerships with plugin developers.

2) Efficient & Secure Codebase

The optimized core minimizes gas waste, increasing efficiency while ensuring users’ fund security.

3) Adaptable DEX Solution

Effortlessly updating plugins without liquidity migration, staying aligned with the latest DeFi trends while maintaining efficiency through a comprehensive plugin system.

Conclusion

Thus, Algebra ‘Integral’ is set to change the way DEXes operate in the best way possible, coming out with the most innovative & revolutionary solutions. ‘Integral’ makes DEXs work smarter, helps traders feel safer, and lets DEX platforms keep up with the latest trends in the market. It’s like giving them a superpower suit to make trading & LPing even better, adding more customizability & security to the integrated projects.

About Algebra

Algebra is a Protocol enabling projects to integrate Concentrated Liquidity tech, alongside other groundbreaking features — Dynamic Fees, Built-in Farming, and more. Already seamlessly integrated into various DEXes across different chains, including Camelot, THENA, QuickSwap, StellaSwap, Zyberswap, Equilibre, Magma, Swapsicle, Synthswap, eZKalibur, Glacier, and more, Algebra propels them to higher trading volume & enhanced capital efficiency. Learn more on our website: algebra.finance.

$ALGB is the platform token of the Algebra Protocol, which can be staked, and used for governance, liquidity provision, and much more. The Algebra stakers get part of all fees acquired from the integrated DEXs in ALGB, while part of the commissions is used for buybacks, which strengthens the token itself. ALGB on CoinMarketCap.

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Algebra

Algebra is a breakthrough AMM, and a concentrated liquidity protocol for decentralized exchanges, running on adaptive fees.