DEADBOX is a multi-chain Web3 ecosystem of three interlocking tokens — $DEAD (deflationary), $uDEAD (dividend-paying), and $USDeAD (ETH-backed stablecoin) — where all fee revenue flows to the community instead of a company treasury. Live on 7 EVM chains: Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Scroll, and MegaETH. USDeAD additionally bridges to Monad, HyperEVM, Solana, and Tron.

$DEAD is a deflationary ERC-20 token with a fixed hard cap of 1 billion. No new tokens can ever be minted; supply only decreases through two on-chain burn sinks: minting $uDEAD (permanently burns $DEAD at a 2:1 ratio) and Grave Digging (burns 40% of reclaimed tokens from long-inactive wallets). $DEAD uses LayerZero OFT for cross-chain transfers.

How do $uDEAD dividends work?

$uDEAD is minted by permanently burning $DEAD at a 2:1 ratio (burn 2 $DEAD to mint 1 $uDEAD). Holders receive automatic ETH dividends streamed directly to their wallets from ecosystem revenue — trading fees, USDeAD vault exit fees (50% of the 1% exit fee), and USDeAD liquidation surpluses. No staking, no claiming — dividends stream automatically. Because total $uDEAD supply can only shrink, your share percentage grows over time.

What is USDeAD and how is it backed?

USDeAD is an over-collateralized ETH-backed decentralized stablecoin. It is minted by depositing WETH, wstETH, or rETH into a vault. The recommended collateral ratio is 200%; vaults below the 115% liquidation threshold become liquidatable by any user (permissionless, no grace period). The protocol charges 0% interest — only a one-time 1% exit fee, 50% of which streams to $uDEAD holders and 50% to the treasury.

What is the Deaderal Reserve Protocol?

The Deaderal Reserve Protocol (DRP) is the open, Liquity-inspired CDP protocol behind USDeAD. It consists of two core contracts: the DeaderalReserveProtocol contract (manages vaults, deposits, mints, repayments, and the liquidation lifecycle) and the Stability Pool (absorbs liquidated debt and distributes collateral gains to USDeAD depositors). Official docs: https://usdocs.dead.box/

On which chains is DEADBOX available?

DEADBOX is live on 7 EVM chains: Base (primary), Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Scroll, and MegaETH. Cross-chain $DEAD / $uDEAD transfers use LayerZero OFT. USDeAD vault operations are live on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Scroll, and MegaETH (in public beta); USDeAD itself additionally bridges as a non-lending token to BNB Chain, Monad, HyperEVM, Solana, and Tron.

How is the USDeAD liquidation surplus distributed?

When a USDeAD vault is liquidated with surplus collateral above the debt, the surplus is split: 50% to Stability Pool depositors as extra yield, 24% to the Vault Distributor, 12% to the treasury, 12% to $uDEAD holders, and approximately 2% to the liquidator (watchdog) as an incentive.

Learn/Developers

Building on DeadBox

How to extend the ecosystem as a developer

7 min readDevelopers

The DEADBOX ecosystem is designed as an open, composable protocol stack. Any developer can build products that integrate with the existing token infrastructure and feed revenue back to uDEAD holders.

Open Protocol Architecture

The Deaderal Reserve Protocol (DRP) supports proxy contracts that sit between end-users and the core protocol. This means you can build custom frontends, wrapper tokens, or entirely new financial products -- all backed by the same collateral pool. The only fixed variable is the 1% exit fee; everything else (minting fees, UI, branding) is customizable.

Revenue Integration

To feed revenue into the uDEAD dividend pool, your product simply needs to send fees to the uDEAD distribution contract. The dividend tracker automatically distributes incoming tokens proportionally to all uDEAD holders. This creates a win-win: your users benefit from the DEADBOX ecosystem, and existing uDEAD holders earn from your product's activity.

Examples of What You Can Build

Whitelabel stablecoins with custom branding backed by DRP collateral. Synthetic assets (gold, oil, currencies) using the same vault mechanism. AI agent-managed vaults that optimize collateral positions. Lending protocols that accept DEAD/uDEAD as collateral. Analytics dashboards and portfolio trackers. Trading bots and automation tools. DeadVault (deadvault.xyz) is a community-built example: an on-chain secret storage tool whose fees flow to uDEAD holders.

Builder Community

Join the DEADBOX builder community on Telegram to discuss ideas, get technical support, and propose new integrations. The team actively supports builders who want to extend the ecosystem.

Smart Contract Function Reference

Whitelabel Stablecoins on DRP