Question 1

What Is Kaizen Finance?

Accepted Answer

Kaizen is the first-ever cross-chain token lifecycle management platform built with the needs of both projects and investors alike The platform offers cross-chain tools and services for crypto projects, including token generation, vesting schedule automation, bridges, staking, airdrops, and more, all on a no-code basis. For investors, Kaizen Finance enables transparency and trust in their relationships with projects. Kaizen Finance creates a unique market for trading the future value of locked tokens prior to them being fully unlocked. In that way, Kaizen provides investors with brand new tools to get additional revenue on their funds.

Question 2

What Are Locked Tokens?

Accepted Answer

Tokens that have already been purchased but have been set aside for a specified period. On Kaizen Finance, these tokens are sealed off by a smart contract and are released in accordance with their vesting schedule. Locked tokens cannot be used to perform operations such as trade, buy, sell, stake or loan.

Question 3

What Are Collateralized Tokens?

Accepted Answer

Collateralized tokens are the tokens that represent an ownership claim on an underlying asset locked in Kaizen Finance smart contracts. Collateralized tokens are immediately distributed to investor wallets after the purchase of locked tokens. Collateralized tokens serve as tradable proof tokens to reflect the value of locked tokens before they unlock. When locked tokens become available for the unlock, collateralized tokens are used to claim these unlocked tokens on Kaizen. Collateralized tokens can be traded, staked, or bought/sold on the kDEX.

Question 4

What Is Vesting?

Accepted Answer

Vesting is the process of locking and releasing tokens gradually, after a predetermined period runs out or some conditions are met. The smart contract often guarantees all these conditions, but sometimes companies reserve the right to distribute tokens manually.

Question 5

What Is a Vesting Schedule?

Accepted Answer

The vesting schedule is the order of releasing tokens that have been set aside (locked) for a specified period. Tokens that have been set aside for this purpose are locked for some time by smart contracts, which effectively seal off access to the tokens until pre-set conditions are met.

Question 6

What Is Staking?

Accepted Answer

Staking is the process of locking cryptocurrency assets on a network for a reward, annualized financial returns, which are paid out regularly.

Question 7

What Is Decentralized Exchange (DEX)?

Accepted Answer

A decentralized exchange (DEX) is a financial services platform for buying, trading, and selling digital assets. On a DEX, users transact directly and peer-to-peer on the blockchain without a centralized intermediary. DEXs do not serve as custodians of users' funds and are often democratically managed with decentralized governance organizations. Without a central authority charging fees for services, DEXs tend to be cheaper than their centralized counterparts.

Question 8

What Is Kaizen DEX (kDEX)?

Accepted Answer

Kaizen DEX (kDEX) is a decentralized exchange dedicated to buying, trading, and selling of collateralized tokens. Through the trading of collateralized tokens on kDEX, Kaizen taps into the unique market of locked liquidity. It has the potential to release the liquidity locked in assets with an estimated value of $200 billion back into the market.

Question 9

What Is a Bridge?

Accepted Answer

Bridge is a solution that allows independent blockchains to communicate with each other. On Kaizen, bridges can be used to issue tokens on multiple blockchains and move them from one chain to another.

Question 10

What Is an Airdrop?

Accepted Answer

Airdrop is a token distribution method in which assets are directly transmitted to user wallets for free. Typically airdrops are used to create awareness around a project or as part of a fundraising mechanism.

Question 11

What Is Token Generation Event (TGE)?

Accepted Answer

Token Generation Event is the technical act of generating tokens in a blockchain-based network and their release to the market.

Question 12

What Is Total Value Locked (TVL)?

Accepted Answer

Total Value Locked is a common metric used to represent the total amount of funds locked in the smart contract of a decentralized project. In other words, TVL is the amount of funds deposited by liquidity providers to the protocol.

Question 13

What Is Total Available Collateral (TAC)?

Accepted Answer

Total available collateral is the total amount of assets that were made available as collateral.