Glossary

Quick definitions for terms used across Alien Base

A short reference for terms you'll see repeatedly in Alien Base's docs and UI.

Last updated: July 6, 2026.

ADIP

Alienbase DAO Improvement Proposal. A governance proposal authored by the Alien Foundation (rather than an individual address). Used for operating-budget proposals and Foundation-administered actions. See ADIP-01 for the canonical example.

AIP

Alienbase Improvement Proposal. A governance proposal voted on at alienbase-dex.eth. Anyone holding 100,000+ ALB of voting power can submit one. Index: AIP Index.

ALB

The native token of Alien Base. ERC-20 on Base. 0x1dd2…50c4. See ALB Token.

ALM (Automated Liquidity Manager)

A protocol that actively manages V3 (concentrated-liquidity) positions on behalf of LPs. Alien Base's ALM is Mothership — see Mothership.

Area 51

The original umbrella name for Alien Base's developer-tooling suite. Also the name of a now-deprecated isolated fee-tier DEX. The dev-tooling concept lives on through products like the Token Generator. The deprecated DEX is documented in the Archive.

Base

The Coinbase-incubated, Optimism-stack, EVM-compatible L2 Alien Base lives on. Chain id: 8453. See base.org.

Bunni

A Uniswap V3 LP-position wrapper that turns NFT positions into ERC-20 tokens. Alien Base uses Bunni to make V3 positions composable, transferable, and farmable. See Bunni explainer.

Carbon

Alien Base's former integration of Bancor's Carbon DeFi technology, which powered Limit, Range, and Recurring (grid) orders until July 2026. Deprecated in favor of the Epsilon Router order system; existing Carbon orders remain withdrawable. See Archive — Carbon Orders.

CEX-quality UI / UX

Shorthand the team uses for "trading and liquidity flows that feel like a CEX, but are still permissionless and self-custodial." It's the design north star for Alien Base.

Concentrated Liquidity

A V3 LP design where LPs choose a price range for their liquidity rather than spreading it across the whole curve. Provides much higher capital efficiency at the cost of being out-of-range when price moves. See V3.

DCA

Dollar-Cost Averaging. Splits a buy or sell into small chunks executed over time, with optional trigger price and stop loss. Fees per chunk are tiered by asset class (0.01% stables / 0.10% blue chips / 0.20% other). See DCA Orders.

Epsilon

Alien Base's trading engine: the meta-aggregator that routes swaps through whichever venue (Alien Base V2/V3, Aerodrome, Uniswap, etc.) gives the best price, plus the on-chain Epsilon Router that holds and settles resting orders (Limit, Take Profit, Stop Loss, Trailing Stop, DCA). The Explorer exposes the underlying data. See Epsilon.

Epsilon Router

The on-chain contract (0x303c…2580) where Alien Base's resting orders live. Audited; live since July 2026. See Epsilon.

esALB / esLP

Escrowed ALB / Escrowed LP. Locked, non-transferable forms of ALB and select LP tokens that earn voting power, single-staking APR, and Real Yield. Convertible 1:1 with the underlying token; redemption paths are 100% after a 30-day cooldown or 1% instantly every 24 hours. See esALB.

Fair launch

A token launch with no pre-mine, no pre-sale, and no insider allocation released ahead of the public. Alien Base launched fair on August 8, 2023.

Farming

Earning ALB rewards by staking LP tokens (or esALB / esLP) in the protocol's distributors. Historically the main user incentive; under AIP-5 farming is being phased out in favor of POL.

Foundation

See Alien Foundation. The Cayman-registered, ownerless legal entity that gives the DAO offchain legal footing.

govALB

A new staked-escrow form of esALB introduced by AIP-5: 10× voting power, 1× earning power, ~2-year effective lock. Designed for users who want maximum governance influence and are willing to commit time.

LoC (Line of Credit)

The Dev Line of Credit introduced by AIP-5: the team's funding becomes tracked debt with interest paid to esALB holders. Price-tier grant tranches at $0.40, $1, and $2 unlock as ALB sustains those moving averages. See Alien Labs.

Matcher

Epsilon's execution engine. Watches resting orders in the Epsilon Router and fills them through the meta-aggregator when their trigger condition is met, charging a flat 0.05% execution fee per fill. Users pay gas only at order creation/cancellation; the Matcher pays execution gas. See Epsilon.

Meta-DEX

The umbrella term Alien Base uses for itself. Combines a native DEX (V2 + V3), a meta-aggregator + on-chain order engine (Epsilon), liquidity management (Mothership), and developer tools (Token Generator) — all on a single platform.

Mothership

Alien Base's in-house Automated Liquidity Manager (ALM). First fully-original Alien Base protocol (not a fork). Public alpha launches with strict supply caps after audit completion. See Mothership.

POL (Protocol-Owned Liquidity)

Liquidity owned by the protocol itself — typically held in the DAO Multisig — rather than rented from individual LPs via emissions. AIP-5 establishes a POL Fund whose yield is used for buyback-and-burn ALB.

Real Yield

Protocol fees redistributed to esALB stakers in WETH (and other liquid assets) — not in ALB inflation. See Real Yield.

Snapshot

Off-chain governance voting platform. Alien Base's space: alienbase-dex.eth.

Stop Loss / Stop Buy

Orders that trigger when price crosses a level in the adverse direction: a Stop Loss sells when price drops to your level; a Stop Buy buys when price climbs to it. Executed on-chain by the Epsilon Router. See Limit, Take Profit & Stop Loss.

Take Profit

A sell order that triggers when price climbs to your target. See Limit, Take Profit & Stop Loss.

Timelock

A contract that delays execution of privileged actions (e.g., minting ALB, changing emission rates). Alien Base's farm controllers and ALB token use timelocks of 7 and 14 days respectively.

Token Generator

A tool for deploying tokens on Base from preset templates (Simple, Mintable, Burnable, Mint/Burn, Tax). Charges a small ETH fee per mint, deposited to the team operating budget. See Token Generator.

Trailing Stop

A sell order whose trigger follows the market price up by a fixed percentage and fires when price retraces by that amount from its peak. See Trailing Stop.

TVL (Total Value Locked)

The dollar value of assets sitting in a protocol's pools and vaults. Tracked on DefiLlama.

Vaults

The successor to "Farms" in the Alien Base UI. The single page that aggregates V3 / Bunni / esALB / esLP / future Mothership-managed positions. See Vaults overview.

V2 / V3

Uniswap V2 and Uniswap V3 — the AMM architectures Alien Base implements. V2 is the original constant-product pool (50/50, full-range). V3 is concentrated-liquidity. See Liquidity.