Amp

Amp provides assets like ZEC with instant, verifiable assurance for any real-world application.

The Amp whitepaper introduces the primary technical elements of the Amp token contract and collateral managers. In particular, it presents novel partition strategies for enabling "stake-in-place" innovation for Ethereum tokens.

The paper also presents an analysis of legacy payment infrastructure, distributed payment networks, and token economics. This research uses established economic models in addition to a unique, in-depth assessment of the long-term utility, value, and stability of a collateral token network.

Amp claims to offer a straightforward but versatile interface for verifiable collateralization through a system of collateral partitions and collateral managers. Where collateral partitions can be designated to collateralize any account, application, or even transaction, and carry balances which are directly verifiable on the Ethereum blockchain, collateral managers are smart contracts that can lock, release, and redirect collateral in these partitions as needed in order to support value transfer activities. Amp supports a wide variety of use cases for collateralization, and also introduces the concept of predefined partition strategies, which can enable special capabilities such as collateral models through which tokens can be staked without ever leaving their original address.

Sections include:

• Digital Payments and the Flexa Network

• Decentralized collateral

o Finality assurance and scale

o Meta-staking and risk distribution

• Amp token contract

o Operators and partition scopes

o Partition strategies

o Token hooks

o Flexa collateral manager

o Further extensibility

• Token economics

o Production model

o Tokenization model

o Network efficiency model

o Stability analysis