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

Smart Contract Function Reference

Smart contract function reference for developers

8 min readDevelopers

All DEADBOX smart contracts are verified on-chain and audited by CertiK. This reference covers the key functions developers need when integrating with the ecosystem.

DEAD Token (0xf019...Af6F)

Key functions: balanceOf(address), totalSupply(), burn(amount), burnFrom(account, amount), claimIdleTokens(target) for Grave Digging, getClaimableAmount(target), isClaimable(target), getTimeUntilClaimable(target), lastTransferTime(account). The token implements LayerZero OFT for cross-chain bridging via send() and quoteSend(). SUPPLY_CAP returns the 1 billion max supply.

uDEAD Token (0xc338...ad24)

Key functions: burnToMint(deadAmount) burns DEAD at 2:1 ratio to mint uDEAD. BURN_RATIO returns 2. claim() triggers manual dividend claim. withdrawableDividendOf(account) returns pending dividends. getAccountDividendsInfo(account) returns full dividend info tuple. getTotalDividendsDistributed() returns lifetime payouts for current reward token. Also implements LayerZero OFT for bridging.

DividendTracker (0xa83f...7a68)

The DividendTracker is a cloned proxy contract that handles dividend accounting. Key functions: totalDividendsDistributed() returns total without token filter. withdrawableDividendOf(owner) returns claimable amount. getAccount(account) returns full account info (index, iterations, withdrawable, total, lastClaim, nextClaim, secondsUntilClaim). getNumberOfTokenHolders() returns eligible holder count.

CertiK Audited

Both the SwitchBox and Deaderal Reserve Protocol contracts have been audited by CertiK. Audit reports are available at skynet.certik.com/projects/switch-box and skynet.certik.com/projects/deaderal-reserve-protocol.

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