What is Nexus?
Nexus is a DEX Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-frequency financial applications. It aims to provide users with access to a new era of verifiable finance, offering a platform for trading perpetual futures with up to 50x leverage.
How to Use Nexus (Example: Nexus DEX Alpha)
- Connect to Nexus: Visit the Nexus DEX Alpha platform and connect your wallet.
- Explore the Interface: Familiarize yourself with the trading interface, including order books and trading pairs.
- Trade: Place orders to buy or sell perpetual futures contracts.
- Manage Your Positions: Monitor your open positions and manage your risk.
Features of Nexus
- Native Orderbook: Provides a centralized limit order book for efficient trading.
- Deep Liquidity: Aims to offer deep liquidity to facilitate seamless trading.
- Lightning-Fast Execution: Designed for high-performance financial applications.
- Verifiable CLOB: Includes a verifiable central limit order book that unifies trading, settlement, and liquidity across markets.
- Dual Core Architecture: Features a parallel dual-core architecture for efficient processing.
- zkVM 3.0: Runs the Nexus zkVM 3.0 to provide verifiable and low-latency infrastructure.
Use Cases of Nexus
- Decentralized Perpetual Futures Trading: Enables trading of perpetual futures contracts.
- High-Frequency Trading: Supports high-frequency trading strategies.
- Institutional Finance: Provides a platform for institutional financial applications.
- DeFi Applications: Serves as a Layer 1 for various DeFi applications.
- Verifiable Finance: Offers a new era of verifiable finance.
- Compute Power: Contribute your idle compute to the Nexus Layer 1.
FAQ from Nexus
- What is Nexus? Nexus is a DEX Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-frequency financial applications.
- What is the Nexus DEX Alpha? The Nexus DEX Alpha is the universal financial engine at the core of the Nexus Layer 1.
- What are perpetual futures? Perpetual futures are financial contracts that do not have an expiration date.
- How can I earn rewards? You can earn NEX Testnet Points by contributing your idle compute to the Nexus Layer 1.
- Where can I find more information? You can find more information on the Nexus Layer 1 and DEX Alpha in the documentation.
- How can I run nodes? You can run nodes to increase proving power.

