The XBE Launch Roadmap covers the products and services from protocol launch up to the XIV, on the journey to integrated finance.

XBE has set out to integrate the functions of Financial Securities, FIAT services, and Decentralised Finance in a complementary protocol that bring the best of the three worlds together to create greater value for each while allowing users from their respective worlds to maintain the level of risk and privacy that they are used to and prefer.  

• FIAT users are looking for opportunities that provide a "better-than-inflation" reward on their funds, and may want to choose between tokens backed by regulated securities, fiat reserves, and on-chain assets; or entirely speculative tokens to achieve their objectives.
• SECURITIES users are looking to earn additional rewards on their portfolio, or access term based liquidity in both FIAT and DeFi instruments.
• DEFI users always want to earn greater rewards on their liquidity, liquidate their portfolio to FIAT with confidence, or diversify into regulated securities when the market is facing regulatory pressure.

The difficulty lies in not challenging the "comfort zones" of each respective audience - but rather creating solutions that feel familiar and fit into an existing frame of reference.

The XBE Protocol is now launching its foundational contracts, and this writeup aims to help users understand how the various contracts fit into each other, and what services they offer as additional products are launched.

To achieve all this, the protocol is launching over the following 4 phases:

1. XBE SOFT LAUNCH
2. XBE FIAT & DEFI LAUNCH
3. VOTING & XB FACTORIES LAUNCH
4. XIV LAUNCH

As always, the respective launches will happen when product is ready - so please note that the below timelines are simply internal targets and are entirely subject to change.

Phase 1 is currently in final testing and will launch early in the week of 23 August with user guides and build-up information being released from this weekend already.  We will ensure that there is at least a full day fair warning for the community to get their liquidity ready before the rewards start.
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Phase 2's first products should be out around 15-20 days after Phase 1 launch, with more Phase 2 features added over a period of approximately 4 - 5 weeks.  Phase 3 initiates once the Phase 2 launch has completed, and the full Phase 3 rollout is also expected to take several weeks.  Phase 4 will launch thereafter.

For those dying for more detail, each phase is unpacked in the sections below. Also, just a note that we will be migrating all XBE specific content like this to the coming wewantblogsnow.xbe.finance website at launch.

NOW - PHASE 1: XBE SOFT LAUNCH

A. XBE EMISSIONS

The foundation of the XBE protocol is the XBE Emissions Minting Contract that generates approximately 27.4 new XBE per day over 2 years which will be used as basis to reward XBE stakers, and incentivise various XBE products and services that will generate protocol income, and promote liquidity and trades on the respective XBE pools.  The minter will also unlock an additional 5,000 new XBE tokens between months 18 and 24 to reward loyal XBE stakers that take advantage of the "23-month bonus lock-up" initiative running for 30 days from launch.

B. DAILY REWARDS ALLOCATOR

The Daily Reward Allocator directs the newly minted XBE each day towards the specific initiatives that need incentive rewards, sending a % to XBE Staking Rewards, a % to each of the Custom LP Reward Staking Contracts, and as services launch, in future, a further % to the respective Helper Contracts and a couple other planned incentivised services.  We will share the exact breakdown of how much XBE is allocated to each at launch.

C. XBE STAKING REWARDS SPLIT

The XBE Staking Rewards take care of the complexity of lockups, bonding, veXBE and boosted earnings!  The process is quite involved:

1. In simple terms, if you stake your XBE you will earn your share of the XBE tokens distributed to staking rewards at the minimum earning rate (minimum boost), but if you lock up the staked XBE for the shortest time (1 week) you will start earning at a slightly increased rate. This rate will slowly decrease back to the minimum boost rate over the course of the week until the lock period expires.
2. If you lock your tokens up for even longer you will earn at an even greater increased rate, but this boosted rate will still decrease proportionally over time as your unlock date approaches.  There is an exception to this for users that lock their staked XBE for the "maximum" lock-up period (or took part in the bonus lockup promotion which ensures that your tokens are staked and locked-up to that maximum date) which is exactly 24 months after launch, see below.
3. When staked XBE is locked for the maximum term something special happens - your earning rate is set to the highest possible boost multiplier and it remains that way until your XBE is unlocked meaning that the boost rate does not decrease as your unlock date approaches!  This applies to users in both the bonus lockup promotion AND those that lock up their staked XBE to the maximum date AFTER the 30 day period.  Therefore users who missed out on the initial 30 day promotion can still access the "never" decreasing maximum boost benefit for the duration of their lockup if they lock their tokens for the maximum term, even if they do miss out on the bonus 5,000 XBE rewards.
4. All XBE Rewards earned from Staking XBE are claimable directly to your wallet, however whenever you Stake XBE it is automatically bonded, and even though you keep earning staking rewards on the XBE during the unbonding period of 5 days, you have to wait for it to complete before you can unstake (withdraw) them to your wallet.

D. SOFT LAUNCH REWARDS

To incentivise XBE liquidity and trading volume the Soft Launch LP staking rewards will be allocated to XBE / ETH liquidity pool on Sushiswap (and possibly one more...) and LP tokens will NOT be locked - meaning you could withdraw your pool liquidity at any time.  It is important to note that unlike rewards claimed from staking XBE, XBE rewards claimed from the respective LP staking reward contracts are automatically staked to earn further XBE rewards, and bonded in the process (remember your LP tokens are never locked - this only applies to the earned XBE rewards you claim from the LP staking contract).  New users that stake their LP tokens for XBE rewards will therefore automatically be exposed to XBE Staking Rewards when they claim, and if they choose to unbond their earned XBE they will keep earning staking rewards on it throughout the 5-day unbonding process before they are unstaked (withdrawn) to their wallet.

NEXT - PHASE 2: XBE FIAT & DEFI LAUNCH

E. FIAT RAMPS

There is a large market of users around the globe who have not yet entered DeFi, and are looking for a simple way to engage and explore the opportunities it offers.  Core to them succeeding is the ability to on-board from FIAT directly into DeFi, without having to first go through a centralised exchange.  This is the primary mission of the XBE protocol's partnership with a prominent FIAT on-ramp partner that offers a range of entry options (from card transactions to wire transfers) that suit most new users.  The same infrastructure provides a route for DeFi (and tokenised securities) users to offramp their portfolio into FIAT and remit the resultant funds through the traditional finance system. The system charges users that onramp and offramp a small spread fee which is paid at specific intervals to the protocol as income, and added to the protocol revenue distributor.

F. DEFI LP, HELPER & REFERRAL REWARDS

The core of PHASE 2's launch is a DeFi focussed service that rewards the staking of LP tokens from very specific pools, to provide DeFi users great reward rates on their liquidity and staking portfolio, and is supported with an on-chain reward referral program to attract a diverse range of users to the protocol.  Referral rewards are deducted from the protocol fees on the earned liquidity rewards, ensuring that users are not comparatively penalised in their rewards when they register under a referring user (meaning there is no decrease in rewards for being referred vs not being referred) - instead the protocol earns the unclaimed referral rewards from users that have not been referred.  Both these mechanisms have been designed to adapt to the liquidity protocols of the specific networks the contracts deploy on, to ensure a seamless fit with Layer 1 and the respective Layer 2s as they are launched.

G. REVENUE DISTRIBUTOR

Fees from all the respective protocol revenue streams are aggregated to an XBE buying contract that executes open market buys through the respective XBE pools at (randomised) intervals.  The purchased XBE is then paid out as additional XBE Staking Rewards and distributed to XBE Stakers according to their boost multipliers as an additional reward over and above the share of daily new XBE emissions launching in PHASE 1.  As protocol revenues grow it is envisioned that the amount of new XBE emissions allocated to XBE Staking Rewards can be reduced and redirected to incentivise even more new XBE products and services, and assist the protocol as it grows to eventually sustain itself just by its revenues!

H. FIAT & DEFI LAUNCH REWARDS

PHASE 2 aims to attract serious DeFi users looking for sustainable rewards on their portfolio, and as such the DeFi liquidity incentivised at launch will be more conservative and expand over time to attract an even wider audience as the protocol grows.  As this develops, more sophisticated XBE services such as the "Easy XBE" onramp and "XBE AutoFarm" offramp will be introduced to help the XBE ecosystem mature and regulate the demand and supply spikes associated with mercenary (locust) farmers of inflationary tokens.

THEN - PHASE 3: VOTING & XB FACTORIES LAUNCH

I. COMMUNITY VOTED REWARD ALLOCATIONS

With the PHASE 2 products fully operational, it's time that the veXBE (generated from locking XBE tokens) start flexing their VOTING power on a regular basis to select what kind of securities the protocol should support; what liquidity should be incentivised; and direct how much of the daily XBE emissions is distributed to the respective LP Staking and Helper Rewards, XBE Staking Rewards, EasyXBE/AutoFarm Incentives, and to the first PHASE 3 product to launch: VOTING REWARDS which will ensure incentive for voting participation on protocol proposals!

J. XBNFT FACTORY

As regulated securities markets are evolving new permissioned tokenisation models, exciting new possibilities are emerging which requires a new and collaborative approach for tokenised securities in DeFi.  The XBNFT Factories are therefore opening up the NFT minting and support contracts the protocol has been developing to a large audience of securities owners that want to tokenise their financial instruments on public networks - enabling owners of Debts and Equity securities alike to participate in the larger DeFi ecosystem!  Through on-chain attestation and integration readiness for emerging regulated tokenised securities markets, the contracts facilitate a suite of complex functions that give new utility to securities portfolios. Naturally, the fees generated from the use of these contracts contribute to protocol income, further growing long term sustainability.

K. XBSTABLE TOKEN FACTORY

Renaming xbFIAT to XBSTABLE Factories was a necessary step to prevent confusion between the FIAT onramp solutions described earlier in PHASE 2 and the protocol mechanisms to generate specifically denominated stablecoin liquidity against Tokenised Security NFTs.  These contracts provide lockup capacity to access future interest values on Debt NFTs and guaranteed fixed values on Equity NFTs (from supported markets), or allow creation of free market liquidity at approved LTV ratios.  With community support these instruments' pools can be incentivised to attract select DeFi liquidity, generating rewards for holders and new liquidity options while creating more protocol revenue through fees.

L. XB FACTORIES & VOTING LAUNCH REWARDS

This LAUNCH will bring the protocol to realise the audacious vision of integrating the multi-trillion dollar securities market with decentralised finance, in a truly decentralised model that protects the unique risk and privacy expectations of the respective (and often diametrically opposed) users!  Underpinning this is community VOTING incentives that drive active participation in decentralised decision making to determine the securities the protocol supports, the liquidity and products/services that are incentivised, and how the balance of daily XBE emissions are deployed - in a regulatory compliant and censorship resistant way.

AND FINALLY - PHASE 4: XIV LAUNCH

On top of the fully deployed protocol sits the XIV as the pinnacle and final culmination of all the products and services launched across the preceding phases.  Institutional users with portfolios of supported tokenised securities will finally be able to deploy their NFTs directly to the XIV, which uses the respective XB Factories to generate rewards through a range of strategies involving the respective LP staking reward contracts as voted by the community.

This is all supported by the XB Factories' on-chain attestation and liquidation services (on supported markets), and maintains the shared reward split to keep incentivising new strategies and community participation to create an easy to use, self-sustaining reward solution for institutional users looking to expand their portfolio into DeFi.

This is the picture we are working towards with the launch of all 4 PHASES:

Thank you to everyone who has been patiently waiting as we design, build, tinker, test, integrate, and audit over and again!

The PHASE 1 Contracts and UIs are being put through their final paces at the moment, and the XBE SOFT LAUNCH is planned for anytime between middle of this week and early next week (whenever the product team gives the ok!) so hang on to your hats!!  

We will announce protocol go-live with the launch of the new  website, a message on our telegram channel, and follow it up on twitter - so keep watching those socials.