Tokens
There are many tokens in the FOX ecosystem; ETH
, FOX
, FOXS
, veFOXS
, and SIN
.
ETH (WETH)
ETH is the native coin of Ethereum. Or, it means the native coin at some EVM-based/compatible blockchain such as Filecoin (FIL). ETH is internally converted into WETH (wrapped ETH) as ERC20 for easy use in smart contracts. The conversion ratio between WETH and ETH is 1:1.
In the near future, staked assets will be used to earn staking rewards simultaneously.
FOX
FOX is the over-collateralized stablecoin backed by ETH
. Through Fox Farm
, users can mint FOX by giving SIN
and FOXS
.
SIN
Stable INtermidiate-coin (SIN) is the debt in a ETH-backed Collateralized Debt Position (CDP), similar to DAI. Although SIN is an independent ERC20 token, most users do not need to use SIN directly, except for the case of Coupon
.
FOXS
FOX Share (FOXS) is the utility token in FOX Finance. You can use FOXS in various ways:
- Deposit
ETH
and Burn FOXS. In other words, burn FOXS withSIN
to mintFOX
. - Earn FOXS (and
ETH
) by redeemingFOX
. - Earn FOXS with a bonus by recollateralizing.
- Use FOXS to repay
SIN
. Or make aCoupon
to repay debt in the future. - You can stake FOXS to earn rewards and more FOXS per each future block.
- Or you can lock FOXS in some periods to get
veFOXS
for governance.
veFOXS
FOX Finance is a decentralized service. So, anyone can be a fox farmer who uses and owns FOX
. Plus, a decentralized governance system among farmers is needed.
veFOXS is used for governance. If you lock FOXS
in more periods, you can get more veFOXS, that is, more suffrage.