# Reserve Protocol

> Hold your share of the world’s wealth in Reserve

Reserve is a protocol that lets users create, mint, and redeem fully backed onchain crypto index portfolios called Decentralized Token Folios.

Reserve addresses the need for diversified crypto exposure without active management. Index DTFs function as governance-managed onchain index funds, while Yield DTFs generate earnings from underlying collateral with overcollateralization from staked RSR tokens. All DTFs maintain 1:1 asset backing and support permissionless minting and redemption, with deployments across Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain.

- Type: Protocol
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2018-05-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/reserve_protocol

## Products

- [Reserve App](https://thegrid.id/profiles/reserve_protocol): Reserve App is a platform for creating, minting, and redeeming Decentralized Token Folios — tokenized cryptocurrency baskets deployed as ERC-20 tokens across multiple blockchains. Index DTFs represent 1:1 backed diversified asset baskets rebalancing through Dutch auctions executed by decentralized solver networks. Yield DTFs bundle yield-bearing assets with overcollateralization from staked RSR, distributing protocol revenue to governance participants. (Index Platform, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [Reserve Rights (RSR)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/reserve_protocol): RSR is the governance token of Reserve Protocol. It is used for staking on Yield DTFs to provide first-loss capital, and for vote-locking on Index DTFs to govern basket composition and fee parameters. A portion of Index DTF fees is used to buy RSR on the open market and burn it, reducing circulating supply over time. (Governance)
- [ETHPlus (ETH+)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/reserve_protocol): ETH+ is a vault token representing a diversified basket of Ethereum liquid staking tokens on Reserve Protocol. It is used for earning blended staking yields and gaining diversified LST exposure on Ethereum. RSR stakers provide overcollateralized protection, absorbing first-loss capital if any collateral asset defaults. (Vault Tokens)

## Links

- [Main](https://reserve.org)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://myreserve.notion.site/Reserve-Media-Kit-8bc73836be4e4093a4753ce9c7e3f52a)
- [Blog](https://blog.reserve.org)
- [Forum](https://forum.reserve.org)
- [Terms of Service](https://reserve.org/terms_and_conditions)
- [Documentation](https://docs.reserve.org)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/reserveprotocol)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/reserveprotocol)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/reserve-protocol)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/reservecurrency)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@reserveprotocol)

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