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  • Learn about Balancer
  • Background
    • Team Goal
  • Fundamentals
    • White Paper
      • The Value Function
        • USDC WETH WBTC 33/33/33
        • BAL WETH 80/20
        • Price Change Proof
      • Spot & Effective Price
        • Spot Price
        • Effective Price
        • Price Impact
        • Price Impact - With Swap Fees
      • Trading Formulas
        • Out-Given-In
          • Including Swap Fees
        • In-Given-Out
          • Including Swap Fees
        • In-Given-Price
          • In-Given-Price Proof
          • Arbitrage 80/20
          • Arbitrage 50/50
        • Summary
      • Deposits & Withdrawals
        • Deposits
          • Proportional Deposits
            • BAL / WETH 80/20
          • Single Sided Deposits
            • Price Impact; 10,000 BAL
            • Price Impact; 100,000 BAL
          • Multi-token Deposits
            • Price Impact WMATIC / MTA / WETH
            • Price Impact [2] WMATIC / MTA / WETH
        • Withdrawals
          • Proportional Withdrawals
            • BAL/WETH 80/20
          • Singled Sided Withdrawals
            • Withdrawal Price Impact
    • Impermanent Loss
      • 50/50 Pools
      • 80/20 Pools
      • Multi-token Pools
    • veBAL Tokenomics
      • TLDR
      • Vote-Escrowed Governance
      • Financial Implications
        • Boosting BAL Incentives
          • Minimum veBAL for Max Boost
          • Maximum Boost
          • Calculating my Boost
          • Boost Delegation for Contract Wallet
        • Protocol Revenue Distribution
        • Gauge Voting
      • Inflation Schedule
      • veBAL FAQ
  • More Information
    • For Developers
      • GitHub Integration
    • For Support
    • References & Related Content
  • Documented Questions
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Learn about Balancer

In depth documentation from basic to deep levels for understanding of the mechanics behind Balancer Protocol.

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Overview:

Balancer is at its core an automated market maker or "AMM". AMMs are required for decentralized finance in order to create markets for assets to be exchanged between individuals without regulation. The price of assets is set by the holders and traders strictly through supply and demand without any boundaries of entry for users.

Getting Started

How can I determine if I should user Balancer?

Balancer DAO's Learn about Balancer documentation is only for informational purposes. The content provided does not and is not meant to convey financial advise for investment or trading opportunities. Calculations, potential outcomes, and explanations are hypothetical only and in no way are suggested to be reality by the DAO. Please do your own research and make financial decisions based on your own inferences.

Steps forward

After the introduction video you may have some more questions. Check out our goals, detailed explanations of how Balancer functions, and see how to reach out to us if we do not answer your questions here.

Fundamentals: Dive a little deeper

Learn the fundamentals of Balancer Protocol to get a deeper understanding of our main features:

Understanding Balancer Protocol and what opportunities are available to users is the first step. As a trader Balancer itself has unique options for standard or gasless trading with MEV protection. For invesors, liquidity pools are customizable including stable, meta-stable, bootstrapping, managed, and weighted pools (oracle or index models) including 2 or more tokens across various networks. To learn more continue through our documentation or ask our community preferably in .

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Team Goal
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Trading Formulas
Deposits & Withdrawals
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