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Liquidity Pools

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Pools are referenced by an ID number. Pools may fit the following classifications:

  • Preferred Pool (also referred to as the Spartan Council Pool) - This is the main pool managed . This is the pool suggested by default for liquidity providers to participate in. This pool's ID can be retrieved by calling the getPreferredPool function.

  • Approved Pools - The Spartan Council also specifies approved pools with IDs that can be retrieved with the getApprovedPools function. This is expected to be a series of pools owned by the Spartan Council with exposure to different combinations of markets.

  • Zero Pool (also referred to as delegating to “no pool”) - A pool exists at ID 0 which backs no markets and never can (because it has no owner). Depositing collateral with this pool is similar to using a decentralized borrowing protocol, where the only functionality is minting and burning snxUSD.

  • Permissionlessly Created Pools - During Synthetix V3 Alpha/Beta phases, a feature flag has been set which disables the permissionless creation of pools. When governance chooses to alter this feature flag, anyone will be able to .

Any liquidity position delegated to a pool could be indirectly liquidated by the owner of the pool. There is always risk, but be especially cautious when providing liquidity to pools that aren’t approved by governance.

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