The Bancor protocol is a standard that allows anyone to easily create completely liquid “smart tokens” that calculate their own prices & enable a single party to convert any token to another, without requiring a second party to exchange with. Thereby enabling the long-tail of completely liquid cryptocurrencies. Smart tokens hold other tokens in reserve, and can be used as decentralized token baskets (like ETFs), token changers (like shapeshift), project & protocol tokens (like GNT & REP), community currencies (like Ithacash & reward miles), and a lot of other use cases. The BANCOR network token will hold a single reserve in Ether. Other smart tokens, by using BANCOR as (one of) their reserve(s), connect to the BANCOR network. The BANCOR network token forms a monetary structure where increased demand for any of the network’s smart tokens drives up the value of the common BANCOR token, benefiting all other smart tokens holding it in reserve.
The Bancor protocol enables built-in price discovery and a liquidity mechanism for tokens on smart contract blockchains. These “smart tokens” hold one or more other tokens in reserve and enable any party to instantly purchase or liquidate the smart token in exchange for any of its reserve tokens, directly through the smart token’s contract, at a continuously calculated price, according to a formula which balances buy and sell volumes.
Continuous Liquidity
Smart tokens can be purchased or liquidated by anyone anytime, through their smart contract.
Backward Compatible
Bancor enables liquidity and asynchronous price discovery for any existing ERC20 standard token.
No Spread
Prices are calculated by the smart token so buys and sells use the same current price.
No Counterparty Risk
No need to deposit in an exchange in order to convert between smart tokens.
Lower Volatility
Reserves endow smart tokens with significant market depth, resulting in reduced price volatility.
Predictable Price Slippage
Price slippage is pre-calculated relative to transaction size and incorporated into current price.
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In order to find the token site, and whitepaper, you have to scroll to the bottom of the web app, and click on "about Bancor", This will take you to the informational site.
I have tested the system and it works very well for me, compared to anything else that I have evaluated. The trading site was very easy to use, and works well with the metamask wallet. Currently supports about 50 "smart tokens" which is rapidly increasing. No exchange fees. Only cost is for etherium gas.
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Liquid BNT Smart Token. Telegram Chatbot. Facebook Chatbot. User Account & Profile. Enable linking Facebook and Twitter account to user's profile. User-to-user messaging through bot. Follow user profiles. COmmunities. DIscussion board. Multi-token wallet. Profile/community search. HTML markup for community about page. Withdraw from app wallet to external wallet. WeChat chatbot. Deposit and withdraw from wallet to external wallet.
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Demo Environment (Private chain)
Support Ether in wallet. Buy/sell tokens through bot. Advance smart tokens activation. Enable users to choose a popular currency in which all amounts would be denominated. Multiple profiles per account. Profile types. Deploy a new smart token / Create community.
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Next releases
Buy/Sell from webapp. Web3 integration. Smart-token price history / Market depth chart. 12 words mnemonic account recovery. List and support 3rd barty ERC20 tokens.