Automated Market Maker vs Constant Product Formula

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Automated Market Maker
intermediate
fundamentals

An automated market maker is a decentralized protocol that enables cryptocurrency trading using algorithm-controlled liquidity pools instead of traditional order books and human or institutional market makers.

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Constant Product Formula
intermediate
fundamentals

The constant product formula is the mathematical rule used by most AMMs to price tokens, maintaining the product of two pool token quantities as a fixed constant across every trade.

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