0x Protocol provides infrastructure for the peer-to-peer exchange of digital assets, mainly used for building decentralized exchange platforms. Although 0x isn’t an exchange or any other type of platform by itself, the set of smart contracts it provides is deployed by numerous projects including dYdX, Coinbase, Zapper, and many others. The 0x ecosystem includes dApps consuming liquidity and such providing it and since the project also provides tools and open access to pools of shared liquidity, developers can integrate with the protocol at smart contract or application layer and share the opportunities provided by the infrastructure. The two major consumer groups of the company’s product are referred to as Makers and Takers. While the first group creates 0x orders and provides liquidity into the system, the latter consumes it. The protocol aggregates liquidity from sources such as DEXes, AMMs, Professional Market Makers, and the 0x’s Open Orderbook Network. Liquidity is being consumed through projects using the 0x Swap API, or its NFT trading support, among other possibilities. The project is governed by a community DAO as part of a decentralization roadmap aimed to make the community “fully accountable” and “directly responsible” for the protocol’s sustenance.