What is Ampleforth (AMPL)
Ampleforth (AMPL) is a digital-asset-protocol for smart commodity-money.
The Ampleforth protocol always seeks a price-supply equilibrium, and will automatically enter a state of unrest until it finds one.
Ampleforth protocol programmatically sets supply targets, which is important because the promise of elastic supply needs to be strictly enforced. However, changing supply does not mean that traders will correspondingly adjust their bids. In practice, traders will respond to supply changes based on how quickly or slowly they think others will respond, ultimately seeking to buy low and sell high.
The Ampleforth Protocol has unique elastic supply properties which will see the number of tokens in traders’ exchange wallets change, once per day, in line with the global supply of AMPL expansion and contraction. Ampleforth will communicate more details of when the once-daily supply change mechanism will begin.
Traders that have open orders in AMPL markets on Bitfinex after the once-daily supply change event will not have those open orders amended. However, if they do not have the AMPL funds to cover the orders after the rebalancing event, then they will see their orders only partially filled if subsequently matched in the market.
What is Rebasing
Rebasing is a feature of the Ampleforth protocol that alters the supply of the tokens. This means that the amount of AMPLs held in your wallet will be modified every 24 hours based on the weighted average of the token price throughout this time. All users will be credited or debited AMPLs from their wallets based on the amount they hold. This rebase occurs at approximately 02:00 UTC each day and will appear in your reports as AMPL rebase. For a more detailed overview of the Ampleforth rebasing data, please see here.
Timings
The first supply adjustment operation occurred on Sunday 6/30/2019 at 20:00 UTC time, this was changed on 30/10/2019 to 02:00 UTC.
The first rebase took as input the 72hr volume weighted average price.
Thereafter it will occur daily based on 24hr volume weighted average price.
This inaugural rebase marked the beginning of the Ampleforth ecosystem’s “NETWORK LIVE” state, after which the rebase smart contract method will be publicly callable every 24 hours between at approximately 02:00 UTC (the rebase time).
Additional details
Open orders in AMPL markets on Bitfinex after the once-daily supply change event remain unchanged. However, if they do not have the AMPL funds to cover the orders after the rebalancing event, then they will see their orders only partially filled if subsequently matched in the market. All open orders are still cancellable during the trading pause.
Here is what to expect on Bitfinex during that time:
- Exchange Deposits & Withdrawals are paused 10 minutes before the start of each rebase window;
- New Trades are paused 1 minute before the start of each rebase window;
- Everything resumes 30 minutes after the start of each rebase window.
Note: Fees charged for deposits made during rebase.
Please be aware that deposits sent during the rebase window (between 01:50 a.m. and 02:20 a.m. UTC daily) will need to be manually credited. A 20% recovery fee will be charged to users. The transaction must be reported for recovery and its recovery agreed upon by the user and fees charged within 48 hours of its confirmation on the chain, otherwise, an additional 1% fee will be charged for each day until the user confirms the recovery and fees charged. The original (un-rebalanced) amount will be credited minus the 20% fee (+ any daily fees).
Supported Transport Protocol
- ERC-20
Supported Blockchain
- Ethereum
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