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0x: An open protocol for decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain

The 2017 0x paper: off-chain signed orders, on-chain settlement, and relayers who host order books without taking custody. It is the reference design for 'the book is off-chain, the swap is on-chain'.

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Authors: Will Warren and Amir Bandeali
Date: 2017
Publisher: Will Warren and Amir Bandeali
Version: Source cited by the 2017 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0039
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Warren, W., & Bandeali, A. (2017). 0x: An open protocol for decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain. Will Warren and Amir Bandeali. https://github.com/0xProject/whitepaper/blob/master/0x_white_paper.pdf

BibTeX

@techreport{zerox2017,
  title = {0x: An open protocol for decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain},
  author = {Will Warren and Amir Bandeali},
  year = {2017},
  institution = {Will Warren and Amir Bandeali},
  url = {https://github.com/0xProject/whitepaper/blob/master/0x_white_paper.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/zero-x}
}

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N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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