The TRANT ecosystem
This page describes the intended design, not shipped software. The only behaviour live on-chain today is synthetic position creation. The $TRANT token, bonds, staking, liquidity pools and mining, trading, liquidation, and oracle mechanics described across these pages are specified but not built or deployed. See Technical overview.
TRANT is a set of contracts, an interface to them, and a group of independent actors whose incentives keep the whole thing solvent. No single party runs it.
The contracts
On Robinhood Chain: a position manager that mints synthetics against collateral, an optimistic oracle for reference values, a liquidation path, an AMM and router for trading, and, for event-triggered synths, the rebalance engine and its basket vault. Addresses are listed under Contracts & addresses.
The app
A front end that connects your wallet to those contracts, mint, trade, provide liquidity, stake, bond, and manage positions. It never takes custody; every action is a transaction you sign.
Governance
A DAO of $TRANT holders decides what gets listed, sets fees and collateral parameters, and directs the fee revenue to buybacks and new listings. See Tokenomics.
The actors
- Minters lock collateral to create synthetics.
- Traders swap exposure through pools.
- Liquidity providers supply the pools and earn fees plus mining rewards.
- Oracle reporters and disputers stake to report and challenge reference values.
- Keepers liquidate unhealthy positions and trigger rebalances for a reward.
- Bonders lend capital for discounted $TRANT, building protocol-owned liquidity.