Minting and Redeeming
Detailing the process of minting and redeeming FRAX

All FRAX tokens are fungible with one another and entitled to the same proportion of collateral no matter what collateral ratio they were minted at. This system of equations describes the minting function of the Frax Protocol:
is the units of newly minted FRAX
is the collateral ratio
is the units of collateral transferred to the system
is the price in USD of
collateral
is the units of FXS burned
is the price in USD of FXS
To be explicit, we can start by finding the FXS needed to mint FRAX with
200 USDC
($1/USDC
) at a collateral ratio of 1.00
Thus, we show that no FXS is needed to mint FRAX when the protocol collateral ratio is 100% (fully collateralized). Next, we solve for how much FRAX we will get with the
200 USDC
.
200 FRAX
are minted in this scenario. Notice how the entire value of FRAX is in dollar value of the collateral when the ratio is at 100%
. Any amount of FXS attempting to be burned to mint FRAX is returned to the user because the second part of the equation cancels to 0
regardless of the value of and
.
First, we need to figure out how much FXS we need to match the corresponding amount of USDC.
Thus, we need to deposit 15 FXS alongside 120 USDC at these conditions. Next, we compute how much FRAX we will get.
150 FRAX
are minted in this scenario. 120 FRAX
are backed by the value of USDC as collateral while the remaining 30 FRAX
are not backed by anything. Instead, FXS is burned and removed from circulation proportional to the value of minted algorithmic FRAX. First, we start off by finding the FXS needed.
Next, we compute how much FRAX we will get.
437.78 FRAX
are minted in this scenario. Proportionally, half of the newly minted FRAX are backed by the value of USDC as collateral while the remaining 50% of FRAX are not backed by anything. 62.54 FXS
is burned and removed from circulation, half the value of the newly minted FRAX. Notice that the price of the collateral affects how many FRAX can be minted – FRAX is pegged to 1 USD, not 1 unit of USDC. If not enough FXS is put into the minting function alongside the collateral, the transaction will fail with a
subtraction underflow
error.Redeeming FRAX is done by rearranging the previous system of equations for simplicity, and solving for the units of collateral,
, and the units of FXS,
.
is the units of FRAX redeemed
is the collateral ratio
is the units of collateral transferred to the user
is the price in USD of
collateral
is the units of FXS minted to the user
is the price in USD of FXS
Thus,
and
Redeeming
170 FRAX
returns $170
of value to the redeemer in 110.5 USDC
from the collateral pool and 15.867 of newly minted FXS
tokens at the current FXS market price.Additionally, there is a
2
block delay parameter (adjustable by governance) on withdrawing redeemed collateral to protect against flash loans.Last modified 2yr ago