Dusa is an AMM fully decentralized on Massa Blockchain

Join Dusa on Zealy (ex-Crew3)

Join official link: <https://zealy.io/c/dusalabs/invite/gQrIVRgPf8h2tePR9ss4G>

# Leverage Dusa’s community with Zealy

* To target on-chain users

* To educate and grow organically

* To recruit our future beta testers

* To identify our future ambassadors

# Launch of the First Dusa’s Sprint

We are pleased to announce the launch of the first Dusa sprint on Zealy. It starts on 26th April (3PM CEST time) and runs until 16th May (3PM CEST time).

Rewards

* 🏆 For the top 10: possibility to get a Dusa’s ambassador role.

* 🥈 For the top 50 (without private beta testers): upgrade of beta tester status (public beta tester to private beta tester).

* 🪼 The user who completes all the quests: gets the status of public beta tester.

The more tasks you complete, the more XP you earn!

* Some tasks are automatically validated (e.g. Join Discord) , and others need to be reviewed by the team, which can take some hours after you submit them.

* To check your progress, click on “Leaderboard” on Dusa’s Zealy community menu.

* The leaderboard positioning between users with the same XP is based on who has completed the tasks first.

# Your quests journey

Your journey is designed for an educational approach.

 1. Dusa off-chain: join off-chain social networks

 2. Dusa on-chain: join on-chain social networks (gain more XP)

 3. Dusa daily: quests with daily repetition, sometimes there will be special quests

 4. Dusa education: learn more about Dusa

 5. Dusa spread off-chain: after being educated on Dusa, you can share off-chain content about us

 6. Dusa spread on-chain: after being educated on Dusa, you can share on-chain content about us

 7. Dusa team: you can follow the co-founders of Dusa

 8. Beta testing onboarding: be ready to become a beta tester

 9. Your beta testing space: private or public

10. In the future: become a Dusa’s ambassador

Some quests require access to on-chain networks like Lens, which means that the more on-chain you are, the more likely you are to be among the sprint winners.

Dusa Protocol beta testing

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We’re excited to announce the private beta testing round of Dusa Protocol, the first fully decentralized Automated Market Maker on the Massa Blockchain. The private beta will open on April 26th, and it will offer users the opportunity to test and provide feedback on some of early Dusa’s features.

**Private beta** testers have already been selected. Another beta round restricted to **Zealy users** (formerly Crew3), will start on **May 17th**. You can still qualify for this round until May 16th, by completing all quests to obtain the beta Discord role.

The **public beta**, open to anyone, will start on **May 24th**.

We invite users to join us in this beta phase and become active members of the Dusa community. With your feedback, we can continue to improve Dusa Protocol and develop relevant features, making it the best platform for decentralized trading, liquidity provision, and portfolio management. Your feedback is precious, so we will reward engaged beta testers depending on the beta testing round you participated in.

## Support for beta testing

* Follow step-by-step different quests on Zealy (ex-Crew3)

* Give your feedback on Zealy

* Report any bugs on the Discord channel \[consacred\] to the beta testing

During this first beta phase, users can access some features, including swaps, and liquidity providing in different forms (spot, curve, bid-ask, and wild). DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) will be added very soon. The currencies available during this beta are **WETH**, **MASSA**, and USDC.

## Quick start guide

For the private beta testing

1. Visit Dusa Protocol’s App

2. Connect Wallet

3. Get available cryptos on the faucet

4. Swap

5. Add liquidity

6. Manage liquidity between different forms of concentrated liquidity

7. Remove liquidity

8. Claim the fees generated thanks to your liquidity position

Keep in mind that Dusa Protocol is just getting started. Our team is committed to bringing additional features and functionalities to the platform in the coming months and before the mainnet release, including [autonomous liquidity](https://medium.com/@dusalabs/autonomous-liquidity-the-future-of-automated-market-making-d615cc188bab) and advanced fully on-chain orders (limit orders, stop-loss orders, DCA, trailing stop, OCO …).

Dusa Protocol aims to democratize access to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) by creating a fully decentralized AMM that is easy to use for any user, from beginners to advanced ones. By leveraging the Massa Blockchain’s fast and scalable infrastructure, Dusa Protocol is well-positioned to be a leader in the DeFi space on Massa.

Stay tuned for more updates from the Dusa Protocol team, and let’s create a decentralized financial future together!

## Key dates recap

Autonomous Liquidity: The Future of Automated Market Making?

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Automated Market Makers (AMMs) have revolutionized the way we trade cryptocurrencies by enabling decentralized and trustless exchanges. Uniswap, one of the most popular AMMs, introduced a new feature in its third version that allows liquidity providers (LPs) to concentrate their capital to smaller price intervals than the entire price range of an asset pair. This concept called concentrated liquidity, enables higher liquidity and rewards for LPs. However, it also introduced a new issue: LPs need to regularly modify their liquidity position to follow the market price when it goes out of the defined bounds.

Dusa, an AMM on the Massa Blockchain, has introduced a new concept to solve this issue: Autonomous Liquidity. In this article, we will explore what Autonomous Liquidity is, how it works, and its potential benefits for traders and LPs.

## Concentrated Liquidity on Uniswap v3

Before diving into Autonomous Liquidity, let’s briefly review concentrated liquidity on Uniswap v3. In previous versions of Uniswap, LPs had a uniform distribution of their liquidity across the entire price interval (0, +∞), allowing trading across the entire range without any loss of liquidity. However, the majority of the liquidity was often never used, leading to inefficient use of capital.

Uniswap v3 introduced a new feature that allows LPs to concentrate their capital to smaller price intervals than (0, +∞). For example, in a stablecoin/stablecoin pair, an LP may choose to allocate capital solely to the 0.99–1.01 range. This results in deeper liquidity around the mid-price, and LPs earn more trading fees with their capital. LPs may have many different positions per pool, creating individualized price curves that reflect the preferences of each LP.

However, as the price of an asset rises or falls, it may exit the price bounds that LPs have set in a position. When the price exits a position’s interval, the position’s liquidity is no longer active and no longer earns fees. If the price ever reenters the interval, the liquidity becomes active again, and in-range LPs begin earning fees once more.

If you want to learn more about concentrated liquidity, you can have a look at Uniswap’s documentation: <https://docs.uniswap.org/concepts/protocol/concentrated-liquidity>

## The issues

One of the main issues with concentrated liquidity provision is the lack of active management by liquidity providers, as it requires regular monitoring to remain effective, which can be time-consuming and difficult for less experienced users. LPs sometimes forget to update their liquidity concentration, which leads to null rewards for the provider, and lower liquidity at the asset’s current price. As a result, most LPs are now professionals since other users have abandoned this model as too complex to use.

The biggest suppliers generally use bots to monitor their concentration range, which leads to centralization, a subject we already discussed in our previous article: <https://medium.com/@dusalabs/why-defi-is-not-currently-100-decentralized-eb4f9bcda7aa>.

Overall, these issues can lead to inefficiencies, reduced market liquidity, and centralization.

## Dusa Protocol’s Implementation

Dusa Protocol has taken the concept of concentrated liquidity a step further by introducing Autonomous Liquidity. Instead of LPs having to regularly modify their liquidity position (manually or by using bots) to follow the market price, Autonomous Liquidity uses Autonomous Smart Contracts on the Massa Blockchain to do this job at the protocol level. Autonomous Smart Contracts introduce self wake-up capabilities to smart contracts, allowing them to perform arbitrary operations when specific exchange rate targets of an LP pool are met.

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By using Autonomous Smart Contracts, Dusa Protocol e

Why DeFi is not currently 100% decentralized?

Decentralization is a crucial aspect of Blockchain technology, and it’s what sets it apart from most other forms of data storage and transfer. When it comes to applications built on the blockchain, the degree of decentralization is often measured in terms of “on-chain” vs “off-chain” activity. An on-chain application is one where all relevant data is stored and modified on the blockchain itself, while an off-chain application is one where some of the data is stored off the blockchain, on traditional servers.

In traditional centralized systems, such as those used by banks, governments, or social media platforms, all data are managed by a central authority. This means that users have to trust this central authority to act in their best interest and protect their data from unauthorized access or manipulation. However, centralized systems are vulnerable to corruption, hacking, or other forms of malicious activity. Decentralization, on the other hand, distributes data and control across a network of nodes, making it almost impossible for anyone to maliciously manipulate the system.

Building a trustworthy application without having to rely on actual insurers or the justicial system is key. With traditional systems, users often have to navigate through complicated workflows and deal with slow, bureaucratic processes that can be frustrating and inefficient. Decentralized applications, on the other hand, use innovative technologies such as blockchain and smart contracts to automate processes and eliminate intermediaries to execute and satisfy some of your needs in a few seconds. This means that users can transact with each other directly, without the need for a third party to oversee the process. The result is a faster, more streamlined user experience that can save users significant amounts of time and effort.

While many blockchain applications boast a high degree of on-chain activity, most of the time there is still significant off-chain activity, which can have a significant impact on the overall decentralization and security of the application. Here’s why decentralizing this remaining activity matters:

1. **Centralized control:** If a significant portion of the data is stored off the blockchain, it opens the door for centralized control. This is because the data that is stored off the blockchain is usually controlled by a single entity, making it easier for them to manipulate the data and compromise the security of the application.

2. **Lack of transparency:** When some of the data is stored off the blockchain, it becomes less transparent and can be more difficult for users to verify the accuracy of the information. This can undermine the trust in the system and make it harder for users to make informed decisions. 
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3. **Scalability issues:** Off-chain data storage can also pose scalability problems, as the data that is stored off the blockchain can become difficult to manage and retrieve as the size of the application grows. This can slow down the overall performance of the application and make it less efficient.

4. **Increased vulnerability:** Storing sensitive data off the blockchain also increases the vulnerability of the system, as the data is more susceptible to being lost, stolen, or corrupted. This can lead to data breaches and significant security risks for the users of the application.

5. **Using an efficient, secure, and public infrastructure:** Why would you wait several days or weeks to start using your assets or buy a house?

## Issues of decentralization

This long-term trend, still in heavy development, comes with some drawbacks:

1. **Bad UX:** Decentralized systems often come with a steep learning curve and a less-intuitive user experience, which can be a major barrier to adoption for non-technical users. For example, existing (and rare) applications that are totall

Introducing Dusa Protocol

We’re excited to present [Dusa](http://dusa.io/) Protocol! A decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the [Massa](https://massa.net/) blockchain. As a fully on-chain DEX, Dusa leverages the benefits of blockchain technology to provide a secure and transparent platform for users to buy and sell cryptocurrency.

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In recent years, there has been a growing demand for a higher level of decentralization in the DeFi ecosystem. This is mainly due to the increasing recognition of the benefits of decentralization, in particular security and transparency. As a fully on-chain DEX that uses autonomous Smart Contracts, Dusa is perfectly positioned to meet this demand. Its innovative design ensures that users can access the DEX directly from the Blockchain without the need for any intermediaries, making it one of the most decentralized platforms in the industry.

## Autonomous Smart Contracts

One of the key features of Dusa is its use of autonomous Smart Contracts to automate actions traditionally performed by third-party operators that users have to trust. This means that all transactions and exchanges on Dusa are governed by transparent and predetermined rules, ensuring a fair and transparent trading experience for all users.

## Front-end on-chain hosting

In addition to its use of Smart Contracts, Dusa also offers a fully native front-end hosted on the Massa blockchain. The user interface and all related data are stored and processed directly on the blockchain, further enhancing the security and transparency of the platform. The code of the user interface will be publicly accessible and users will always access the same version.

Overall, Dusa aims to provide a seamless and secure trading experience for users looking to buy and sell cryptocurrency on the Massa blockchain. Whether you’re an experienced trader or new to the world of cryptocurrencies, Dusa is an innovative and reliable platform for all your trading needs.

Want to learn more? Join us on our [social media](https://linktr.ee/dusalabs) and stay tuned for upcoming articles!