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What Is Hydration?

Hydration is Polkadot's main decentralised exchange. It is its own blockchain in the Polkadot network, built for trading, lending and stablecoins, and it is where $WUD trades most. It was known as HydraDX until its rebrand.

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The Omnipool

Most exchanges split liquidity into thousands of separate pairs. Hydration's big idea is the Omnipool: one shared pool where every asset can trade against every other. Liquidity is concentrated instead of scattered, so trades get better prices and anyone can provide liquidity with a single token instead of a pair.

For you, that means you can swap almost any Polkadot token for almost any other in one step. On gavunwud.com, paying for $WUD with USDT or ETH routes through the Omnipool automatically.

What else Hydration does

HDX

HDX is Hydration's native token. It pays for the network and is used in Hydration's governance. You can also use HDX to buy $WUD on gavunwud.com.

Why $WUD trades on Hydration

Hydration is where Polkadot's liquidity lives. $WUD's deepest market is on Hydration as asset 1000085, and it has more holders there than any other community token. $WUD also has a pool on Polkadot Asset Hub, where it is issued. Learn about Asset Hub.

Questions people ask

Is Hydration the same as HydraDX?

Yes. HydraDX rebranded to Hydration. Same chain, same Omnipool, new name.

Do I need HDX to use Hydration?

No. Hydration lets you pay network fees in many tokens, including DOT, USDT, USDC and ETH. You can pick your fee token on gavunwud.com.

What is the Omnipool?

A single shared liquidity pool where every asset trades against every other, instead of many separate pairs. It gives better prices and lets people provide liquidity with just one token.

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