# deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) Expenses Methodology

## 1. Overview

Expenses measures the total cost a project incurs to operate its business. This includes token incentives paid to supply/demand-side users, core contributors, or investors, as well as traditional operating expenses related to salaries, audits, infrastructure, and service providers. For deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN), expenses are currently recorded as zero.

## 2. Data sources

- **None**: This metric is set to a constant value and does not consume blockchain events

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) expenses recognition

- **Purpose**: Establishes the total operational cost for the protocol.
- **Logic**: Expenses are hardcoded to zero. This value is assigned because no on-chain token incentives are distributed to users, and no other operating expenses are recognized from the protocol's smart contract interactions.

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

Total project operating and incentive expenses.

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Bridges

deBridge operates two main products: (1) deBridge Messaging - node operators validate cross-chain transactions for data and asset transfers, and (2) DLN (deBridge Liquidity Network) - an order book of cross-chain intents where Makers create intents in the source chain and Takers provide liquidity on the destination chain. Validators currently do not take a cut of transfer fees (supply-side fees).

deBridge is an interoperability protocol with two products: deBridge Messaging enables decentralized transfers of data and assets between blockchains, and DLN (deBridge Liquidity Network) is a cross-chain token bridge and trading infrastructure. deBridge was founded by Alex Smirnov and launched in 2021, with DLN launched in 2023.

The deBridge team and investors own and govern the protocol. They currently take all transfer fees paid by traders (revenue). deBridge's investors include ParaFi Capital, Animoca Brands, Huobi Ventures, Lemniscap, etc. All fees paid by traders are accumulated on smart contracts operated by the deBridge team and will be governed by deBridge token holders.

deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN)

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