Uniswap v1 Launch event

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Overview

Uniswap v1 was deployed to Ethereum mainnet on November 2, 2018, the final day of Devcon IV in Prague. It was written by Hayden Adams, then a 23-year-old mechanical engineer who had taught himself Solidity after being laid off, and was funded in part by a $100,000 Ethereum Foundation grant. The first version implemented a constant-product automated market maker but supported only ETH-to-ERC20 pairs, so every trade routed through ETH. It launched small — roughly $30,000 of liquidity across three tokens from a single provider — and served as a proof of concept for the AMM model that later dominated decentralised trading.

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Frequently asked questions

When did Uniswap v1 launch?

November 2, 2018, when its contracts were deployed to Ethereum mainnet on the final day of Devcon IV in Prague.

Who created Uniswap and how was it funded?

Hayden Adams, a mechanical engineer with no formal programming background, built it after teaching himself to code. He received a $100,000 grant from the Ethereum Foundation.

What were v1's limitations?

It supported only ETH-to-token pairs, meaning ERC20-to-ERC20 trades had to route through ETH, and it launched with roughly $30,000 of liquidity across three tokens.