## trading protocols in-depth

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### in this dir

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* [gns](gns.md)
* [gmx](https://github.com/go-outside-labs/mev-toolkit/tree/main/MEV_by_chains/MEV_on_Arbitrum/gmx)
* [dydx](dydx.md)
* [yearn](yearn.md)
* [inverse](inverse.md)
* [uniswap](uniswap)
* [0x protocol](0x_protocol)
* [primitive](primitive.md)

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### basic definitions

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* **protocol fees**: fees generated by users using a dapp as a form of income for the protocol
* **supply-side fees**: the cost for the protocol (amount used for expenses)
* **revenue**: protocol fees minus supply side fees
* **token emissions**: value/cost of native tokens being inflated by the protocol (for instance, to attract users)
* **earnings**: revenue minus token emissions (how much money the protocol has earned)

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### resources

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* [buffer.finances](https://buffer.finance/)
* [drift.trade](https://www.drift.trade/)
* [stader labs](https://staderlabs.com/)
* [hop](https://app.hop.exchange/#/send?token=ETH)
* [popsicle finance](https://popsicle.finance/)
* [matcha](https://matcha.xyz/)
* [maple](https://www.maple.finance/)
* [oasis.app](https://oasis.app/)
* [euler](https://www.euler.finance/)
* [elementifi](https://app.element.fi/fixedrates)
* [fodl](https://app.fodl.finance/nft)
* [traderJoe](https://traderjoexyz.com/farm#/)
* [vesta](https://vestafinance.xyz/)
* [tracerDAO](https://github.com/tracer-protocol)
* [step.finance](https://app.step.finance/#/dashboard)
* [orca staking](https://www.orca.so/staking)
* [solidly](https://solidly.exchange/liquidity)
* [rose](https://app.rose.fi/#/)
* [bancor](https://app.bancor.network/pools)
* [augur](https://augur.net/)
* [CREAM](https://app.cream.finance/)
* [paraswap](https://www.paraswap.io/)
* [arch finance](https://beta.archfinance.io/)
* [tokensets](https://www.tokensets.com/)
* [fracium](https://francium.io/)
* [rotki](https://rotki.com/)
* [crystal](https://defi.krystal.app/)
* [hotbit](https://www.hotbit.io)
* [slingshot](https://app.slingshot.finance/trade/m/MATIC)
* [zapper](https://zapper.fi/invest)