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Atomic Swaps Grant Initiators Free Options, Costing Participants

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A technical analysis reveals that atomic swaps, a method for peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, inherently grant the initiator a free American call option. This option allows the initiator to decide whether to proceed with or abort the swap within a specific time window, effectively speculating on exchange rate fluctuations without paying a premium. The value of this free option increases significantly with longer settlement periods, making it a substantial, often unpriced, risk for participants in forward settlement scenarios. AI

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Atomic Swaps Grant Initiators Free Options, Costing Participants

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Baris Sozen ·

    The Free Option Hiding Inside Every Atomic Forward (and What It Costs to Close It)

    <p>Seven years ago today - 17 August 2019 - Runchao Han, Haoyu Lin and Jiangshan Yu filed <a href="https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2266" rel="noopener noreferrer">ERC-2266</a>, "Atomic Swap-based American Call Option Contract Standard." It is still marked Last Call in the EIP …

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