HBOT Token
The Hummingbot Governance Token (HBOT) is a standard ERC-20 Ethereum token that lets holders to decide how the Hummingbot codebase changesthrough voting.
The sole use case of the HBOT token is governance. HBOT tokens empower holders to govern many aspects of the Hummingbot Foundation, such as allocating HBOT community distributions and electing Board of Directors.
Hummingbot Foundation does not rely on the sale of HBOT tokens. The Foundation sustains its operations through fee share partnerships and sponsorships with top crypto exchanges. The Foundation does not sell HBOT to fund its operations.
Hummingbot Foundation will never issue more HBOT tokens. The total supply of HBOT was fixed at genesis at 1,000,000,000 tokens. The Foundation forsees no need to issue more HBOT tokens in the future, once all of the HBOT supply has been distributed to the community.
Learn more about the HBOT token in the original launch post and 2023 FAQ update.
HBOT Metrics¶
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Blockchain | Ethereum Mainnet |
| Token Standard | ERC-20 |
| Address | 0xe5097d9baeafb89f9bcb78c9290d545db5f9e9cb |
| Symbol | HBOT |
| Name | Hummingbot Governance Token |
| Total Supply (fixed at genesis) | 1,000,000,000 HBOT |
| Circulating Supply | ... HBOT |
| Current Price (CoinGecko) | $... |
| Market Capitalization | $... |
| Fully Diluted Valuation | $... |
HBOT Data Sites¶
These official HBOT data sites provide information about the HBOT token. No other data sites are officially supported or endorsed by the Hummingbot Foundation.
HBOT Markets¶
These official HBOT markets enable trading and liquidity provision for the HBOT token. No other markets are officially supported or endorsed by the Hummingbot Foundation.
| Exchange | Type | Pair | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniswap | V2 AMM DEX | HBOT/USDC | https://app.uniswap.org/explore/pools/ethereum/0xfe0c0Da86A1768F9721FF4Ccba984E5DAA21E395 |
| Uniswap | V3 AMM DEX | HBOT/ETH | https://app.uniswap.org/explore/pools/ethereum/0x3aB72a32810Cf72bdE4Aa0191Dd7702f50dE0F64 |
| Bitrue | Spot CEX | HBOT/USDT | https://www.bitrue.com/trade/hbot_usdt |
Voting with HBOT¶
HBOT token holders can create and vote on various types of Proposals to allocate HBOT bounties toward maintenance of various components in the Hummingbot codebase.
All proposal voting occur on the offical Hummingbot Snapshot, which features an off-chain, gas-less voting system that allows you to vote by signing messages using your HBOT token balance as of a certain block.
Below are the respective Snapshots for each proposal type:
- Hummingbot Governance Proposals: https://snapshot.org/#/hbot.eth
- Hummingbot Improvement Proposals: https://snapshot.org/#/hbot-ip.eth
- New Connector Proposals: https://snapshot.org/#/hbot-ncp.eth
- Pull Request Proposals: https://snapshot.org/#/hbot-prp.eth