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The Safe CEX Club is a club for [[Centralized Exchanges (CEX)|Centralised Exchanges (CEXes)]] that are committed to transparency and solvency.
 
== Basics ==
 
* Announced on: [https://twitter.com/safeCEXclub/status/1599661841718054914 5-12-2022]
 
== History ==
 
* After the crash of [[FTX (FTT)|FTX]] in 11-2022, multiple CEXs rushed to publicly announce their [[wallet]] [[addresses]] and PoRs in order to keep the confidence of their users. [[Changpeng Zhao|CZ]] announced he would work on [https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/11/19/proof_of_solvency.html Proof of Solvency], [[Vitalik Buterin|Vitalik]] wrote a [https://hackmd.io/@vbuterin/proof_of_solvency blog] about a Safe CEX. Soon after SafeCEX.club got released.
 
== Products ==
 
==== CEX Solvency Score ====
 
* From their [https://twitter.com/safeCEXclub/status/1599661841718054914 announcement] (5-12-2022):
 
''"We take a POR statement and then score it according to a set of true/false statements each with different weights depending on their significance''
 
''✅ The [[Merkle Tree|Merkle tree]] proof is available and verifiable online for all CEX users (10 pts)''
 
''✅ The Merkle tree proof is open source and can be verified locally (40 pts)''
 
''✅ The CEX's [[On Chain|on-chain]] wallet addresses have been made public (30 pts)''
 
''✅ The CEX's on-chain wallet addresses' ownership has been confirmed by a third-party auditor (10 pts)''
 
''✅ The CEX's on-chain wallet addresses' ownership has been proven publicly by [[Signature|signing]] a custom message on-chain (10 pts)''
 
''To account for days passed since POR we then add a time coefficient to make sure that exchanges don't get too comfy after they have nailed their first POR: Solvency Score = points*0.998^days''
 
''According to their Solvency Score exchanges are then admitted to the club and a tier: 85+  Diamond Tier 70+  Gold Tier 50+  Silver Tier <50 no membership"''
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Revision as of 04:05, 8 December 2022

The Safe CEX Club is a club for Centralised Exchanges (CEXes) that are committed to transparency and solvency.

Basics

History

  • After the crash of FTX in 11-2022, multiple CEXs rushed to publicly announce their wallet addresses and PoRs in order to keep the confidence of their users. CZ announced he would work on Proof of Solvency, Vitalik wrote a blog about a Safe CEX. Soon after SafeCEX.club got released.

Products

CEX Solvency Score

"We take a POR statement and then score it according to a set of true/false statements each with different weights depending on their significance

✅ The Merkle tree proof is available and verifiable online for all CEX users (10 pts)

✅ The Merkle tree proof is open source and can be verified locally (40 pts)

✅ The CEX's on-chain wallet addresses have been made public (30 pts)

✅ The CEX's on-chain wallet addresses' ownership has been confirmed by a third-party auditor (10 pts)

✅ The CEX's on-chain wallet addresses' ownership has been proven publicly by signing a custom message on-chain (10 pts)

To account for days passed since POR we then add a time coefficient to make sure that exchanges don't get too comfy after they have nailed their first POR: Solvency Score = points*0.998^days

According to their Solvency Score exchanges are then admitted to the club and a tier: 85+ Diamond Tier 70+ Gold Tier 50+ Silver Tier <50 no membership"