AirSwap was built on the Swap Protocol, published in May 2017. Swap defined a profound shift in the way assets are traded by presenting a design for an open network to connect to peers based on common interest, to agree on a price through mutual cryptographic signatures, and to settle without intermediaries on the Ethereum blockchain.

The Swap Protocol has a role in decentralized finance as the “automated escrow” that you can use to trade any two tokenized assets on Ethereum. Entire trading networks have been built from this simple building block, and our team has played our part in delivering safe and friendly frontends for everyday traders like you.

Naturally secure, peer-to-peer trading

You’ve likely heard the buzz around decentralized trading (DEX) before, especially in the aftershock of the hacks and closures of centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Rather than dwelling on the dangers of centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, let’s instead focus on the benefits of decentralized trading.