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The beautiful voice of Mogarki.
The only one giving me a run for my money on that.
Should we get right into it?
Looks like we got a handful of people in here.
I'm just going to talk a little bit about that.
Should we get right into it?
Looks like we got a handful of people in here.
I'm just going to tweet out links to some of the proposals we might cover today, so you
can easily pin them when we get to those.
But yeah, feel free to get started.
Maybe we'll see if a few more people come in for that, I guess.
Maybe we can start with some of the recap stuff, and then as people get in, we can get
into some of the current proposals and focuses and things like that.
So you were mentioning the recap.
Is the recap up or not yet?
You can just cover it in this space.
Let me get that pulled up if there's a draft I can find.
Or feel free to kick it off.
What's on the list there?
This is a very belated 2023 overview post we're going to make.
Well, hope you won't have found the scavenger hunt fun.
We did the easter egg hunt before.
But yeah, this one was pretty interesting.
I think there was a few at the end that was slightly harder to find.
But yeah, hopefully we can do more cool things like that soon.
Any highlights from that?
Like what were some of the weird ones, if you remember?
I think most of them were found within an hour or two.
The hardest one was probably, I think it's like Sin's E to Sin's Thor.
I think that caused people a bit, took like a day or two.
Just like one specific pair.
I had dropped some hints like, you know, in there.
Hopefully some people in here got some Thor out of that.
Yeah, hopefully that made a few people read the terms and conditions.
Because that paid you on.
There was a few heads on that page.
But yeah, let me just quickly cover some of the key things.
You know, key highlights of 2033.
Obviously, as expected, you know, I think everyone knows that a stream source was like a major game-changer feature.
And if you check on Thor yield, like, you know, ever since the launch of streaming swaps, we saw like a massive volume increase.
So overall, quite exciting to see the total volumes from 2033.
We had about 271 and a half, like million rune in volume, which equated to about like, 1.1 billion or 1.2 billion.
Yeah, almost 1.2 billion, like US dollar value.
So quite a big improvement for sure.
Especially considering most of the year was spent in the depth of the bear.
Yeah, not a bad bear market year for sure.
Looking forward to dwarfing it this year, hopefully.
But I was pretty excited to see that we crossed over a billion for the year.
Yes, and we're starting off really strong.
It's like, we've already, what is it?
It's like 100 something percent, 139% right now of the monthly volume target.
So I know some folks are concerned about like, you know, maybe the target being hard to reach as we keep smashing it.
But yeah, it seems to be doing great so far.
Yeah, no doubt that was like the breakthrough feature of 2023.
And yeah, it seems like it seems like that's just going to be dwarfed.
You know, hopefully in time, we'll, we'll be seeing what was daily as or what was monthly as daily or something, you know, like, not just on ThorSwap side, but just for ThorTrain as a whole, like that was kind of the, I think, long term, that'll be looked back on as like such a turning point feature.
I think like, so overall, we generated 1.62 million USD affiliate fee earnings, making us still making ThorSwap the top ThorChain interface of 2023 by volume.
And I mean, the top swap route was still BTC with Room.
So overall, in terms of the TVL for ThorStakers, we also saw that jumped about a 50% increase from last year.
So it's now, so we just hopped over 100 million ThorStakes.
It's 107 million Thor right now.
So yeah, and of course, alongside the governance, we burned 64.47 million Thor.
Yeah, I think last year at this time, maybe I got my timeline wrong, but I think Thor burning was just an idea still, right?
We were just getting started on that path.
So to see, you know, more than 10% of the max supply burned in one year is pretty significant.
You know, I'm sure we'll get into that more with the proposals.
But personally, I'm feeling like, okay, we burned a lot.
Maybe we got to think about slowing down soon.
I know other people have the opposite idea where they just want to burn everything.
So it'll be an interesting thing to discuss.
I think that'll be a theme for this space, actually, as we kick off the year.
We have a lot of community proposals and discussions.
So we thought it would be good.
You know, we can get through some of those for sure.
Yeah, that's something we've always planted the seed on, on these spaces is like, how else can the community incentives be used really to just like, you know, spread adoption and get this thing out there.
So, yeah, definitely want to continue to encourage that conversation and not necessarily just have that be burn it all, though that is sometimes fun and has been fun.
But yeah, I think I think I would personally agree with with what Moog just said is probably probably close to time to start considering some other things and hopefully see some of these other things that have kind of been back burner for a while.
Like, like, like, like, we've talked maybe affiliate program things like that that could be tied in with with community incentives.
So hopefully we'll be seeing some of those things kind of kind of get back in the spotlight.
But before we get to that, though, because I think when we get to the community discussions, it'd be good for some of the, you know, we'll be putting out, you know, door holder slash community member hat on.
And, you know, rather than trying to sway, obviously, people's opinions with as contributors.
So we'll definitely definitely, you know, put your hand up to like, you know, you know, lead, take the lead of conversations if you want to, if you feel very strongly about certain proposals.
And of course, as always, if you have good questions and, you know, for anyone who sort of hop on space, we'll pick to win itself, like, you know, merge to get out at the end.
So, but yeah, before we hop into that, do you want to cover sort of some of the focuses, areas of focus for sort of like Q1, Q2, like early 2024?
Sure. Did we get through everything we wanted to just on recap stuff?
I mean, there's a lot of other highlights, too, for sure.
So, you know, a big one was we started formally introducing, like 2023, like sort of formal introduction of Socket, our own like API and SDK suite of like cross-chain products.
So, so far, you know, we had like, we still have been used in Edge Wallet, Coinbot, there's SQL Finance, there's a few others that we're yet to announce and a lot of partnerships, our integrators like currently working on, you know, integrating SwapKit.
So I think this will be a very exciting year to start like running out, you know, more news and more integrations.
I think one interesting goal to keep in mind would be like, like, when will a SwapKit integrator outpace ThorSwap's own volume?
That'll be a cool milestone.
Yeah, that's something we should have as a North Star for the whole community. That'll be cool.
Help my memory, was Savers 2023 or was it before that? I guess it was before and then Staples got added?
Yeah, it was before that. I was going to print like, oh, exactly when? I can't remember. I was going to tune to, but yeah, definitely Savers, Staples got added and which was like a massive one for a lot of people.
And now that you can also stream into Savers and stream out of Savers, that's also made it really, you know, easy and accessible to use.
Yeah, I mean, streaming just generally, actually, like sort of was a huge game changer last year.
For sure. I mean, that definitely led to a lot of scaling in Savers, even if it launched before that. But yeah, definitely like felt like the year that it kind of found its fit in the market for sure.
Yeah, I can't say I've ever seen another feature, like come to an existing protocol and make actually such a ginormous impact on, you know, the market adoption of that protocol like streaming swaps has.
There's always noise around like every EIP, every bit like, oh, this is going to be the game changer. This is going to be the one that, you know, reduces gas by 100x or whatever.
And it's very rare to see those things come to fruition. But with streaming swaps, streaming Savers, like that feature has really just skyrocketed the whole protocol. So that's been pretty sweet.
Yeah, I think the surprise was just the fact that like, it was so organic, like, because we all love the idea, but it was the market that really like showed us how powerful the feature actually was.
Yeah, and it's still like really just getting started. I mean, when did that launch? Three, four months ago or something? I don't even, my timelines are all screwed up. But it feels like it hasn't been that long.
Okay. So, so yeah, it was approximately right. But yeah, I mean, as we kind of see, like, you know, use like, the last few months have been kind of wild and like, in just in terms of broader like usage kind of kicking back in and like, that is a feature that's going to be like, come in handy so strongly when things are in full swing, you know, so like, that's great to have that foundation set. Like, there was so much building.
happening through through the depths of the bear and that's going to be like, something that just pays off so well, like when big users are coming in kind of ties into one of the things we were going to get into for areas of focus. This one is kind of just happened. But I feel like a lot of the things we were going to get into for areas of focus.
this one is kind of just happened. But I feel like it fits in right here is like the swapper cloud and network improvements. Because that kind of came out of out of streaming swaps led to then, essentially congestion due to like so much more usage, right? And like now just in the recent what week or two,
like swapper cloud rolled out rolled out and now 90x improvement to median transaction.
time. So no longer waiting for like hours and hours and hours when everyone's doing streaming swaps. So I feel like that's another one of these like small things that doesn't feel super sexy or super exciting. But when you kind of think about it and look at look at like, just the average user's experience, it's like a massive, massive shift in, in that. So that's another really, really pretty big one, actually.
Yeah, for sure. I think, you know, the impact on the outbound delays is going to be amazing for just the overall experience. And even for ARBs, like to be able to ARB these big swaps where we've seen in the past, like,
oh, someone came in and, you know, did a $4 million swap, and that threw the pools out of balance. For the ARBs to be able to use their swapper cloud and, you know, make more trades faster and keep those pools balanced is, you know, going to lead to more accurate price
execution, happier users, more volume, etc.
Totally. Yeah, ultimately comes down to like keeping the user experience good for people. And as it's getting integrated into like, so many mainstream wallets and stuff like can't have people waiting 12 hours for a swap or something like that. So yeah, that's a huge, huge one. Big improvement.
What else did we have from 2023? I think I just saw something a minute ago that was pretty cool.
You know, we did a lot in the ThorSwap UI. You know, the transaction tracker was a big one, being able to see what's going on with your transaction. I think a lot of people already forgot by now. But for, you know, probably two years, all we had was a spinning circle to find out what was up with your transaction. And, you know, now you can see what leg is your transaction in? How many streaming swap segments has it completed?
What's the estimated time of arrival? What's the estimated time of arrival? I think that was a great improvement overall. Definitely, we've had some technical challenges with that feature, but I think it's in a better state and getting better all the time. So I think that was a great addition to the UI this year.
And then another one that I'm really more excited about than most is the streaming swap settings or just the regular swap settings that we recently updated. So now it just makes it much easier and more intuitive to adjust your slippage.
Or, you know, if you're a power user and you want to choose, you know, how fast you want your swap to complete, how many sub-swaps you want to happen. If you want to DCA up to 24 hours, you can control all that right from the UI. So you get pretty granular control over those swap parameters.
I'm curious how you guys feel the feedback has been on that. And I'm curious even just to throw that out to the community. Like, have you guys been using that feature, tweaking that, or are you kind of just going with the default? Or is anyone, any contributors kind of like monitoring how many streaming swaps are having non-default settings? Just kind of curious, like, how that's been since launching that?
Yeah, that's a great question. We should try to pull some reports on what's different than the defaults and how many people are with it.
Yeah. Still new, but yeah, that'd be really cool to see, just to kind of figure out, like, oh, what are, like, what are users actually trying to do? Like, what are they generally trying to optimize for? But it's also great, just even if it's only a small percentage, that's kind of the point, too, is, like, the default should be what people generally want.
But then to be able to do these, like, edge case scenarios is still, like, hugely useful for when that's what you want.
Yeah, I think, like, after Swapper Cloud, you know, is launched, I think it actually came at a really good time, because now that, you know, with the, with less, like, outbound delays, you know, now people will actually have a better choice between, you know, like, speed versus price.
So, yeah, I'm curious to see what the configurations are. Actually, Chad, you know, it is the tweet that we made about it, the flop settings is pinned still, but on the ThorSwap, like, Twitter X page.
But you can pin it to this, like, space if you want, just so that folks know what we're talking about.
Yeah, I'll pin that up right now if anyone hasn't, hasn't seen that.
Yeah, so, like, it'll automatically pop up if your swap size is actually, you know, benefits from streaming swaps.
But, yeah, normally, you'll see slippage adjustments now.
It's that slider that should show up.
Yeah, we've had, yeah, we've had, like, some users, I think, when we just launched it, did mention that maybe, you know, it could be, like, an advanced feature.
And then we go back to the, like, the classic sort of speed versus price.
Yeah, I think we're open to all feedback on that front.
Yeah, I think we have a small tweak in coming for that, or we're just going to kind of minimize that section for most people.
And then you can expand it if you want to.
That way, the defaults, you know, you don't feel like you have to make a choice.
I think a lot of times it's intimidating when you're, like, I don't know what to do here.
So, if we make it seem like you don't need to choose, then you can just proceed.
And then if you know what's up, you can just expand it and make whatever changes you want.
Yeah, I'd agree with that.
You know, most users just want it, like, simple without kind of even needing to know every, yeah.
I mean, how many people truly even understand all of the little intricacies there?
But, yeah, good to have the options.
One of the cool things that we did behind the scenes that I don't think has gotten any publicity,
I don't know if we even mentioned it publicly, was just changing the default slippage settings.
I'm not sure if Oleg's in here.
Maybe he could dive into a little bit more of exactly how that works.
But, you know, what we're doing basically in the back end now is,
depending on what your swap is and what your swap pairs are and how large the swap is,
the API is making a recommendation of what the default slippage should be.
Instead of, in the past, like, we just tried to pick a number.
It used to be 1%, and then there was too many refunds, so we raised it to 3%.
Now there's a bit more intelligence behind determining what those automatic slippage settings should be.
So one of the main things that we're trying to do in the back end is also making sure that the defaults are super safe.
So with all the data that we've collected from all the streaming swaps,
but really since we were the first interface to integrate with streaming swaps,
we've got tons of data to kind of make the best decisions.
And basically, if you're doing a super large swap, then we're going to tweak the settings so it's a bit safer for you, the defaults.
But if you're making, like, a very normal swap, then we'll just try and get the fastest and the one that will lead to the less refunds.
But then also there are a couple of things.
If you are swapping against pools that don't have a strong secondary market, then we change those settings as well again.
And also we have an automatic switch that if for some reason the TorChain network itself,
like if sins are paused or whatever happens on the network,
then automatically it switches to the safest settings for everyone.
So again, it's really in the details, but we're just trying to make sure that all the users,
no matter their swap size, get the best and safest experience, no matter their network conditions.
Kind of just curious, though.
So does this mean, like, in pretty much, because for a while when streaming swaps came out,
it kind of went to just, like, the no price protection, right?
Because, like, at first there was a bunch of failing.
I guess now that's rare unless you actually just intentionally choose no price protection, right?
Like, meaning, like, now we kind of have the data such that, like, for different swap sizes,
it intelligently understands, like, where to place a cap slip on that size.
So now there is price protection in most cases.
So there is price protection in all cases if you don't tweak the settings.
But if you tweak the settings so you can go past optimal and to slower, sort of into a DCA,
in that case, we remove the limit because you're explicitly choosing to make the swap longer
than necessary and explicitly choosing to, yeah, just DCA over sometimes.
So then it really doesn't make sense to have a limit.
But for all other scenarios, by default, you have a limit depending on the pools you're interacting with
and the size of your swap.
If you're going for slowest, you're basically saying,
I want to be exposed to the price movement over this period of time.
So obviously we can't put a limit there because it's pointless.
And regarding DCA or longer swaps or past the optimal point,
so right now the limit is 24 hours.
That's a limit defined by TorChain the network.
It is actually possible to do longer swaps than that,
I think up to a year for Synth assets, but you have to be coming from Synthetix.
We don't allow it yet on TorSwap just because we have like doubts
and we're a bit stressed about the user experience
because right now TorChain does not support cancelling a streaming swap.
So say you're swapping, I'll take round numbers,
like one Bitcoin for USDT and you want to stream that
and do a DCA over, I don't know, a month,
then we have no ability to let you cancel that swap
within two weeks or after three weeks.
We have to just let it go through.
So since the UX might be a bit hard to lend,
we don't allow it, but it's technically possible.
Also, you don't get the assets like throughout the swap, right?
You get it all at the end, right?
So like you'd be essentially like stuck waiting.
Interesting feature though.
And yeah, maybe if, I don't know if cancellations or something
that's still kind of in the works are coming,
but yeah, it makes sense to, I feel like, yeah,
people would be hesitant to use that probably anyways
if there's no cancellations
because yeah, you're making quite a commitment to do that.
So it makes sense to kind of like limit it to the 24 hours.
I've been pushing for streaming swaps V2
with the V2 being mainly the ability for users to cancel.
I think it's just, it has fallen into the nice to have category
and it's not being prioritized and I understand.
But yeah, until the Torchain commits to improving the possibilities
with streaming swaps, I think the current user experience
is as advanced as we can push it reasonably.
I could see like, I don't know,
I could probably imagine some downsides
or like why you would hesitate to do that,
but maybe it could be like only cancellations
that are for really long-term swaps anyways,
just so there's not like stuff, everything being,
a bunch of things being canceled for whatever reason
and just causing a bunch of confusion.
even if it was only 24 hour plus streaming swaps
that could be canceled, that would be cool.
Oh, I can cover a few more.
Obviously, we saw the launch of lending.
It's been a bit, you know, of a,
like it's been quiet just because of the massive,
the massive like swaps and stuff like volume recently.
But, you know, at the moment,
borrowers have exceeded the lending cap of Bitcoin
and I still get people asking, you know,
on a day-to-day basis about like, you know,
oh, when can I still take a lot of loans using Bitcoin?
So, yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that,
how the feature of like the product evolves like this year.
Yeah, it feels like that gets into,
it feels like that definitely gets into the whole like,
how risky should the thing be?
Endless question in the Thornton community.
I think it's capped out because of the constraints, right?
Like it, so it hit the caps, but,
as far as on like the, the, the interface side,
I haven't heard of any, any like issues,
So I would say that's been,
that's been a success as well.
Seems to be working, working well.
Yep, always, obviously, you know,
on the UX interface side of things.
I think there is a minor issue recently of like,
users sort of getting stuck with like a penny,
And then it has to be sort of resolved using memo.
you have much idea around that, Oleg.
could you repeat that please?
Oh, I think I was just saying like, you know,
we could always obviously improve the UX.
I think there's an issue where like users might get stuck
with like one penny with,
when they're trying to replay the loan,
just because the way like,
what was the course for it again?
if you don't know what I'm talking about,
You mean like they pay back the loan,
but it doesn't like fully zero it out.
So there's still like a one penny loan,
like open that they're trying to close.
So for everything lending,
Thornode and Torchain devs have been really,
really great in that they provide us with endpoints
but obviously Torchain being a faster chain
at a block time of six seconds,
basically the on-chain price of each asset
can fluctuate mostly faster
than all the external assets
or the ones that are enabled for lending.
So obviously it's a bit hard
for everyone to nail that experience.
and I have seen some of the complaints
or reports from users saying,
I'm trying to close the loan,
but I'm stuck with like a two cent repayment needed now.
unless we just bump the amount
to repay a little bit more
it's just a hard experience to nail.
our amazing community member,
wrote like a really detailed tutorial
for basically doing a manual loan repayment
sort of get their last penny out
and get the collateral back.
like just wanted to let everyone know
but we're definitely like looking into it.
It's not something we're not aware of.
any feedback is always welcome.
at PepperX on the Discord
one other thing is obviously
we saw Binance Smart Chain
new block of chain integration,
but obviously a much requested one.
I was going to ask like the 4 Chain account
because we've saw recently
at kind of like the perfect time.
like hundreds of BEP20 assets
just for nostalgia reasons.
like one of the only ways
you can still move the fund
announcement here as well.