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Uniswap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange based on a decentralized network protocol that allows users to exchange different ERC-20 tokens directly without having to rely on a middleman. The genesis of the project started when Alan Lu a programmer at Gnosis at the time, came up with the idea of market makers on Ethereum (x/y=k) Buterin, he realized its potential and took the idea public and started posting about it on his blog and Reddit. 9 months after Vitalik puts out the Reddit post, a mechanical engineer at Siemens lost his job and was at a very low point in life, he decided to give it a shot. Hayden Adams decided to implement an automated market maker that Vitalik had been talking about in his Reddit and blog posts.