👨‍💻Technical

What oracles does Apemex use?

Unlike other decentralized exchanges,Apemex does not use any oracles. Apemex gets price data directly from Apeswap using a customised smart contract based on TWAP (time-weighted average price).

What technology does Apemex use?

The Apemex trading logic is written in Solidity, and therefore compatible with both Binance Smart Chain and Polygon.

What is On-chain or Layer-1?

Layer-1 means that transactions are used directly for every operation. While this increases gas costs over layer-2, it is more ‘barebones’ and reliable. A layer-1 on Ethereum would mean that it is simply a smart contract on the EVM.

Apemex is entirely on-chain, this means that all trades and operations are individual transactions and smart contracts interactions on BSC and Polygon.

What is Off-chain or Layer-2?

Layer-2 means that there is an intermediate step between operations and transactions. This requires the use of a second ‘layer’.

I just placed an order, why can’t I see it yet?

Your order should appear a short time after your transaction is confirmed. If this does not happen, refresh your browser and re-connect your wallet. Note that on some blockchains that are not based on proof-of-work, the blocks may be out of sync. This means that it will take some time for the orders to appear on that specific chain.