Roles

Roles within THORChain

In the THORChain ecosystem, there are four key roles that network participants may play:

1. Liquidity providers: these add liquidity to pools, earning fees for their temporary deposit

2. Swappers: those users who use THORChain's liquidity to swap assets ad-hoc, paying fees for the service

3. Arbitrageurs: expert traders who continually monitor and rebalance pools; still paying fees but with the intent to earn a profit

4. Node Operators who provide a bond and are paid to secure the system.

A single user may take on multiple roles simultaneously.