CoW Protocol (COW)
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About COW
CoW Protocol is a fully permissionless decentralized trading protocol that enables users to trade crypto assets using batch auctions and meta-DEX aggregation. It minimizes costs and slippage by matching peer-to-peer orders through Coincidence of Wants (CoWs) and aggregates the best prices from across all available on-chain liquidity. Traders submit off-chain trade intents, and solvers compete to find the best execution, ensuring users receive maximum value with MEV protection. The protocol is governed by the CoW DAO and powered by the COW token, which is used for governance and incentivizing ecosystem growth.
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Frequently Asked Questions about CoW Protocol
What is CoW Protocol?
CoW Protocol is a decentralized trading platform that batches user orders and matches them either peer-to-peer or via aggregated DEX liquidity. It uses off-chain trade intents and a solver network to find optimal trade execution, reducing costs and preventing MEV exploitation.
How does CoW Protocol reduce trading fees?
By matching users directly through Coincidence of Wants (CoWs), CoW Protocol avoids traditional DEX fees and gas costs. When exact opposing orders are found, trades are settled peer-to-peer, eliminating intermediaries and saving gas.
What is the COW token used for?
COW is a governance token used to participate in CoW DAO decisions, fund grants, and shape future upgrades. It can also be allocated to incentivize solvers, developers, and community contributors.
Is CoW Protocol safe from MEV attacks?
Yes. CoW Protocol protects users from front-running and sandwich attacks by using a private order settlement mechanism. It also offers MEV Blocker, an RPC that reroutes trades through protected relayers and returns backrun profits to users.
Where can I buy COW tokens?
COW is available on major exchanges like Binance, Bitget, Gate.io, and MEXC. It also trades on DEXs such as the project's native DEX, CoW Swap, as well as Uniswap.
What is the total supply of COW tokens?
The maximum supply of COW is capped at 1 billion tokens. Approximately 419 million are in circulation.
Who governs CoW Protocol?
The protocol is governed by the CoW DAO, a decentralized community of token holders who vote on upgrades, grants, and protocol parameters.
How are trades executed on CoW Protocol?
Users sign off-chain trade intents, which are picked up by solvers competing in batch auctions. The solver offering the best execution (max surplus for the user) wins and settles the trade on-chain.
Where can I store COW tokens?
COW is primarily an ERC-20 token, so it can be stored in any Ethereum-compatible wallet, such as MetaMask, Ledger, SafePal, or Trust Wallet. Additional wallet options are available for the Arbitrum and Gnosis versions of the token.
What makes CoW Protocol different from Uniswap or 1inch?
Unlike AMM or routing-based aggregators, CoW Protocol uses batch auctions and peer-to-peer matching to improve execution prices and minimize gas. It’s solver-driven, decentralized, and fully permissionless.