{"id":3598,"date":"2024-07-23T10:13:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/dpetkovski\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:13:49","slug":"liquidity-provision-lp-and-impermanent-loss-il-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/dpetkovski\/liquidity-provision-lp-and-impermanent-loss-il-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquidity Provision (LP) and Impermanent Loss (IL) Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Executing trades in a decentralized manner is completely different to placing orders on exchanges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead of relying on an order book, DEXs (decentralized exchanges) use liquidity pools and AMMs (automated market makers).<\/p>\n

In this post, I’ll explain how this work in a beginner-friendly way.<\/p>\n


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Note: <\/strong>this is an educational post, not a recommendation. I’m not a fan of LPing, especially not with your long-term holdings. However, understanding it is crucial if you want to start venturing into DeFi or go airdrop hunting<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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