Proof of Efficient Liquidity: A Staking Mechanism for Capital Efficient Liquidity

Abstract

The Proof of Efficient Liquidity (PoEL) protocol, designed for specialised Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus-based blockchain infrastructures that incorporate intrinsic DeFi applications, aims to support sustainable liquidity bootstrapping and network security. This innovative mechanism efficiently utilises budgeted staking rewards to attract and sustain liquidity through a risk structuring engine and incentive allocation strategy, both of which are designed to maximise capital efficiency. The proposed protocol seeks to serve the dual objective of - (i) capital creation, by efficiently attracting risk capital, and maximising its operational utility for intrinsic DeFi applications, thereby asserting sustainability; and (ii) enhancing the adopting blockchain network's economic security, by augmenting their staking (PoS) mechanism with a harmonious layer seeking to attract a diversity of digital assets. Finally, in the appendix, we seek to generalise the financial incentivisation protocol to the notion of service fee credits, such that it utilises the network's auxiliary services as a means to propagate incentives to attract liquidity and facilitate the network to achieve the critical mass of usage necessary for sustained operations and growth.