# Welcome to Hope.money

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Hope.money pioneers in bridging DeFi, CeFi and TradFi with the HOPE Ecosystem, featuring the distributed stablecoin $HOPE, aims to provide frictionless and transparent next-gen financial infrastructure and services accessible to everyone. This all-in-one ecosystem provides a comprehensive set of use cases for $HOPE, including swap, lending, custody, clearing, and settlement, while incentivizing users to participate in the ecosystem and community governance through $LT.

## Tokens

* [$HOPE](https://docs.hope.money/hope-token/hope-basics) - The ecosystem’s fundamental pricing token backed by BTC and ETH reserve. Multi-phase growth plan to evolve into a distributed stablecoin.
* [$LT](https://docs.hope.money/lt-light-token/understanding-lt) - The single utility and governance token for entire ecosystem, incentivizing liquidity provision and governance participation.

## Contract Address

#### **$HOPE**

* Address: [*0xc353Bf07405304AeaB75F4C2Fac7E88D6A68f98e*](https://etherscan.io/address/0xc353Bf07405304AeaB75F4C2Fac7E88D6A68f98e)&#x20;
* Decimals: 18

#### **$stHOPE (staked HOPE)**

* Address: [*0xF5C6d9Fc73991F687f158FE30D4A77691a9Fd4d8*](https://etherscan.io/address/0xF5C6d9Fc73991F687f158FE30D4A77691a9Fd4d8)&#x20;
* Decimals: 18

#### **$LT (Light Token)**

* Address: [*0x9ed1439D328647BDb148c20316eA024c719a735b*](https://etherscan.io/address/0x9ed1439D328647BDb148c20316eA024c719a735b)&#x20;
* Decimals: 18

## Reserves

* [HOPE Gömböc](https://docs.hope.money/hope-token/hope-gomboc) - A set of distributed reserve pools, initially consisting of BTC and ETH with an initial fixed ratio of 1:10, to back the value of $HOPE.&#x20;

## Rewards

* [Gauge Reward System](https://docs.hope.money/reward-gauges/understanding-gauges) - In the HOPE Ecosystem, the inflation is rewarded to users who provide liquidity. This usage is measured with Gauges, which are smart contracts that you can stake your LP tokens in, whilst the gauge weight voting mechanism determines where the $LT inflation should be directed.

## Governance

* [LightDAO](https://docs.hope.money/lightdao-governance/governance-guide) - LightDAO governance decentralizes the HOPE Ecosystem, enabling the community to govern protocols, rewards, and the LightDAO community treasury.

## Protocols

* [HopeSwap](https://docs.hope.money/protocols/hopeswap) - Exchange rate market, AMM-based swap between $HOPE, $LT, and other assets.
* [HopeLend](https://app.gitbook.com/o/Qt5rA0YRQZ8YYXmySdMs/s/yxnhvEm3aIYnS5G0EWEi/) - Interest rate market, Non-custodial lending with multiple liquidity pools.
* [HopeConnect](https://docs.hope.money/protocols/hopeconnect) - An innovative DeFi brokerage protocol that allows users to trade derivatives on top CEXs without depositing assets on those platforms.

## HOPE Links

Websites: <https://hope.money>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/Hope_money_>

Discord: <https://discord.gg/hopemoneyofficial>

Telegram: <https://t.me/hopemoneyofficial>

HopeSwap: [https://app.hope.money](https://app.hope.money/)

HopeLend: <https://app.hope.money/#/lend/dashboard>

Governance (discussion): <mark style="color:orange;">\<link coming soon></mark>

Governance (voting): <mark style="color:orange;">\<link coming soon></mark>


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