# DXBL Technical Paper

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[Proof of Trade](https://dexible.gitbook.io/dexible/dxbl/dxbl-and-proof-of-trade-litepaper/proof-of-trade) (aka "PoT") aims to promote awareness and use of the Dexible **Smart Order Routing engine**. The Dexible team invented **Proof of Trade** to promote awareness and increase engagement and retention for the Dexible platform.

To recap the [DXBL Litepaper](https://dexible.gitbook.io/dexible/dxbl/dxbl-and-proof-of-trade-litepaper), Proof of Trade mints new tokens as a reward for volume passed through the protocol. Only successful transactions will prove trading activity occurred and be counted towards minting. Trading is but one part of a strategy, and swaps are a fundamental primitive at the basis of all DeFi strategies. At the same time, Dexible enables [use cases](https://dexible.gitbook.io/dexible/master/use-cases) not available elsewhere it engineered over 2+ years of development. So with Proof of Trade in Dexible version 2.0, it is likely traders will weigh the incentives for proving trading volume with Dexible's set-and-forget capabilities that offer fundamental value for risk mitigation and profit taking.&#x20;

This **Technical Paper** provides a comprehensive overview of the underlying **Smart Contract Architecture** and logic that powers the Proof of Trade protocol.

The **source code** for the relevant contracts can be accessed through the following GitHub repository: <https://github.com/BUIDLHub/dexible-pot>