Often, those in power don’t recognize the threat that technological advances represent until it’s too late, and what results is a shift away from their monopolistic control toward individual empowerment. In 1980, tech juggernaut IBM famously passed on purchasing MS-DOS outright from startup Microsoft and as a result, computing power moved from corporate data centers into homes across america. All those personal computers then became instruments of disruption in countless other industries as more monopolies failed to recognize the threat posed by the internet.

We are now seeing the emergence of a new wave of disruptive technologies that will again change the balance of power. It is no surprise to the educated observer that blockchain technologies will disrupt every industry, as we are already seeing trends in banking, law, healthcare, government — just to name a few. Innovators are realizing the benefits that blockchain technologies introduce like security, transparency, increased speed and reduce reliance on central authority.

What may be unexpected is that some innovations on the Ethereum blockchain promise to disrupt the very innovators that blazed the early Ethereum trail. The Øx Project and ∂Y/∂X are protocols that fundamentally redefine what is possible in the cryptocurrencies trading market. Focused on ERC-20 compliant tokens, these protocols enable true peer-to-peer exchange, entirely removing the need for a trader to risk valuable assets by depositing them with a centralized exchange that could get hacked, be shut down, cause panic runs, or simply steal them.

Enter ERC dEXCHANGE

We at ERC dEX are honored to be part of the revolution that will return the power of financial self-determination to the individual trader from the centralized, risky exchanges. As a Øx Relayer, we host an order book that simply expresses the desires of our users to trade with one another in a way that traders both recognize and appreciate.

PRIVATE ALPHA

This alpha release is just the beginning, and we’re establishing a strong foundation: