Uniswap v4: Customizable and cost-effective solution for DEX?

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Uniswap Labs has announced Release of draft code for Uniswap v4, the next iteration of the popular decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol. Uniswap v3 was a watershed moment for on-chain liquidity and decentralized finance (DeFi), processing over $1.5 trillion in trading volume since its release two years ago.

However, according to the announcement released today, as technology and the market evolve, so must the Uniswap protocol.

Uniswap Labs V4

Uniswap Labs has revealed the draft code for Uniswap v4, which promises to bring on-chain liquidity and a world of possibilities for decentralized finance. Uniswap v4 introduces a new architecture that lowers costs and increases efficiency, making it a more powerful and flexible platform for liquidity provision and on-chain trading.

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One of the most important changes in Uniswap v4 is the introduction of hooks, which are contracts that run at different points in the pool’s lifecycle. These hooks allow developers to customize how pool, swap, fee, and liquidity provider (LP) positions interact.

With Hook, developers can create customized Automated Market Maker (AMM) pools that integrate with v4’s smart contracts. With possible experiments including the sky’s the limit, time-weighted average market makers, dynamic fees based on volatility or other inputs, on-chain limit orders, and more.

Another major change in Uniswap v4 is the introduction of a new singleton contract that holds all pools, providing significant gas savings. This eliminates the need to deploy a new contract for each pool to create a pool and makes multi-pool swaps more efficient.

Early estimates suggest that v4 reduces pool building gas costs by up to 99%, making it cheaper to build minimalist pools that are more economical to use.

This new feature also brings back support for native ETH, providing additional gas savings. In addition, the new Flash accounting system in v4 transfers assets on net balance, providing even more gas savings.

Uniswap Labs firmly believes that the core financial infrastructure should be open and transparent and that the community should control v4 of the protocol. The code will be released under a Commercial Source License 1.1, which limits the use of v4 source code in a commercial or production setting to four years.

The protocol fee mechanism will also be rolled out after v3, with governance being able to vote to add protocol fees up to a capped amount to any pool.

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