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Dimensions

In the previous page we have seen how to create the structure of our adapter. In this section we will focus on explaining the different dimensions that our adapters can return.
We call dimension to the attributes returned by the fetch function of our adapters. Depending on where would you like to list your project, you should return one of the below dimensions.
All dimensions can be returned in USD value (string) or as balance object (Object<string>).
Examples
// volume dimension in USD
{
dailyVolume: "465424"
}
// volume dimension in tokens object
{
dailyVolume: {
"ethereum:0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000": "392.43"
}
}
In order to be listed your adapter would need to provide a minimum of one daily dimension. Providing all of them is not required but recommended in order to have better insights.
Dexs, dexs aggregators and derivatives dimensions:
  • dailyVolume
  • totalVolume
Options dimensions
  • dailyNotionalVolume
  • dailyPremiumVolume
  • totalNotionalVolume
  • totalPremiumVolume
Fees dimensions
  • dailyFees: All fees and value collected from all sources, this also includes liquid staking rewards, generated yields and possible mint and burn fees paid by LP (but not transaction or gas fees).
  • dailyUserFees: Fees paid by protocol users excluding gas fees. This includes swap fees to open/close positions, borrow fees and all fees user has to pay.
  • dailyRevenue: Revenue of the protocol governance, this includes treasury and gov token holders (dailyHoldersRevenue + dailyProtocolRevenue)
  • dailyProtocolRevenue: Treasury revenue.
  • dailyHoldersRevenue: Value going to gov token holders, this includes burned coins.
  • dailySupplySideRevenue: Value earned by liquidity providers.
  • totalFees (Cumulative value of dailyFees)
  • totalUserFees (Cumulative dailyUserFees)
  • totalRevenue (Cumulative value of dailyRevenue)
  • totalProtocolRevenue (Cumulative value of dailyProtocolRevenue)
  • totalSupplySideRevenue (Cumulative value of dailySupplySideRevenue)
  • totalDailyHoldersRevenue (Cumulative value of dailyHoldersRevenue)
If you are not sure how to fit the different fees and revenues generated in your protocol, take a look at the following table or ping us on Discord!
Attribute
DEXs
Lending
Chains
NFT Marketplace
Derivatives
CDP
Liquid Staking
Yield
Synthetics
UserFees
Swap fees paid by users
Interest paid by borrowers
Gas fees paid by users
Fees paid by users
Fees paid by users
Interest paid by borrowers
% of rewards paid to protocol
Paid management + performance fees
Fees paid by users
Fees
=UserFees
=UserFees
=UserFees
=UserFees
UserFees + burn/mint fees
=UserFees
Staking rewards
Yield
=UserFees
Revenue
% of swap fees going to protocol governance
% of interest going to protocol governance
Burned coins (fees-sequencerCosts for rollups)
Marketplace revenue + creator earnings
Protocol governance revenue
=ProtocolRevenue
=ProtocolRevenue
=ProtocolRevenue
=ProtocolRevenue
ProtocolRevenue
% of swap fees going to treasury
% of interest going to protocol
*
Marketplace revenue
Value going to treasury
Interest going to treasury
=UserFees
=UserFees
% of fees going to treasury
HoldersRevenue
Money going to gov token holders
*
*
*
Value going to gov token holders
*
*
*
% of fees going to token holders
SupplySideRevenue
LPs revenue
Interest paid to lenders
*
*
LP revenue
*
Revenue earned by stETH holders
Yield excluding protocol fees
LPs revenue
Some notes:
  • Protocol governance includes trasury + gov token holders
  • Revenue = HoldersRevenue + ProtocolRevenue