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The MVP is deployed here: app.vigor.ai. We invite developers to join us in building VIGOR here: t.me/VIGORdev

VIGOR tokens are issued by the Smart Contract when a loan is taken. This happens when a borrower locks up tokens as collateral. The VIGOR Protocol currently supports EOS and other tokens are regularly added - with the exception of Security Tokens and asset-backed Stablecoins of any kind.

Borrowers can get their crypto back by refunding their borrowings with VIGOR which is then retired.

For a borrower to receive a VIGOR loan, the borrower needs to lock in their crypto collateral and deposit the appropriate amount of VIG tokens, calculated as a percentage of VIGOR to be used as premiums to insure the loan collateral. The system requires that your collateral contains some VIG so it can take premiums every period.

When your collateral drops below the value of the loan issued, the loan will enter bailout. At this point the insurers take over and recapitalize the undercollateralized loan to ensure system health.

The system will allow for multiple tokens to work as collateral backing a single loan. Security Tokens and asset-backed Stablecoins are not supported and never will be.

Many EOS native tokens, chosen by users. In order to guarantee system health, custodians have multisig permissions to add and remove collateral types.

The VIGOR protocol is fully decentralized and open source, anyone has the ability to lock EOS and other tokens as collateral and issue VIGOR against them, or vice-versa.

The MVP is here: app.vigor.ai

1,000,000,000 VIG tokens. VIG circulating supply will always be less than that as some of the VIG awarded to by Insurers is held in the Final Reserve.

Incentive: Be rewarded by using EOS as the insurance backing VIGOR Leveraging: use up to 10x leverage by taking secured VIGOR loans followed by selling it for EOS Hedging: reduce exposure to price volatility by taking secured VIGOR loans followed by hodling VIGOR send VIGOR to anyone on the EOS blockchain with no fees

The fee-utility token of the Vigor Protocol is called VIG. Its utility is to provide access to the system, to be used as a fee token, and to be used as a final reserve and it can be staked to participate in the Vigor Protocol open community and decentralized Governance.

Premiums are required to be denominated in VIG tokens and must be posted prior to drawing loans; insufficient maintenance of VIG balance triggers bail-out of the loan with borrower retaining any excess collateral. Insurers are rewarded and incentivized with VIG.

The system automatically stores a portion of VIG insurer rewards to build up a Final Reserve. The VIG Final Reserve is used independently by the Smart Contract to rebalance the system if at any time the insurance pool is depleted. Nobody has control over the Final Reserve, only the decentralized Protocol and Smart Contract itself. In the extremely unlikely case of a depletion of the Final Reserve, the system will then use for rebalancing any remaining VIGOR "savings".

The cost of the insurance adjusts based on how risky the system is relative to a target; this is market price discovery without the need for trading or an order book. The risk model considers levels of overcollateralization, debt and insurance assets. It is fully on-chain and mimicks standards for classical insurance; we call this on-chain risk and compliance.

There are three levels of volatility protection for Vigor loans. Borrowers over collateralized their loans protecting against normal volatility. Insurers post tokens as insurance assets which provide further backing against price jump risk. The final reserve provides a third layer of volatility protection in case the insurance pool depletes, and is more formally described as the buffer that covers stress losses or model risk.

VIGOR grants multi-sig permissions to 3rd party-audited smart contracts to 21 daily elected Custodians, voted on by the decentralized community.

VIGOR should be valued externally with a low volatility quotation, because users have incentive to stake enough crypto collateral so that even during stressed volatility periods there would likely be at least a minimum amount of collateral to protect each VIGOR’s value. The contract continuously stress tests the system and autonomously updates the insurance premiums. If solvency is below target, premiums rise to attract more insurance collateral and slow further borrowing. When users make/take loans it is a credit/debit to the system risk budget. With confidence that the system has sufficient collateral so that it is adequately capitalized to survive high volatility conditions, traders can soft arbitrage by taking loans or unwinding loans to their advantage if the value of VIGOR departs from its baseline.

VIGOR doesn’t charge liquidation penalties. When your loan is liquidated due to a low collateral ratio, many other protocols will also hit you with a liquidation penalty. Some of these are as high as 20%. VIGOR doesn’t charge ANY additional fees that are commonly seen on other protocols (ie administration fees, stability fees etc).

VIGOR is based on the EOS blockchain and intended for the EOS community first and foremost. It was engineered from the ground up using time tested financial modeling. The VIGOR protocol actively evaluates system level risk and continually adjusts to reduce that risk. Other tokens use simple overcollateralization techniques to try to limit risk but do not actively evaluate and manage it. These other systems, in general, rely on secondary auction markets to sell off bad debt in case of a Black Swan event. VIGOR’s loan debt is automatically transferred to the insurance pool (then the final reserve) without relying on secondary markets to sell the bad debt to regain solvency.

There are many reasons why VIGOR has decided to build on EOSIO technology. Without going into great detail we can sum it up by mentioning a few features that EOSIO offers. These include: Speed: 0.5 Second block times ensure quick access to funds when necessary. This is a critical component for any decentralized platform. Security: EOSIO is built with advanced account permission capabilities. There are endless combinations of multisig and custom permissions available on EOSIO that enable the full range of user needs while providing unprecedented security. Battle tested code base- C++ smart contracts: Using a C++ code base allows developers to reference previously tested code from a plethora of code repositories. Feeless: Resources are renewable and projects have the ability to cover user resources to allow their users to transact for free on their platform. Ability to upgrade operating code: Continued improvements/critical updates can be made to code with little to no impact on operating platforms. Interoperability: EOSIO is built with chain interoperability in mind. Many EOSIO chains already exist and there are secondary solutions (Dapp Network) that provide the opportunity to access the VIGOR decentralized platform for more users, across multiple blockchains.

Taking out a VIGOR loan allows you to maintain exposure to the crypto market (ie maintain ownership of your EOS) while providing you with some liquidity. You can leverage your crypto holdings by taking out a VIGOR loan and purchasing additional crypto with it. Additionally, you can take out a crypto loan (ie posting VIGOR to get EOS) and sell it on secondary markets to be able to go short.

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