- FTX v2 will go live in November and will feature an improved order-matching engine.
- The upgraded order-matching engine will reduce latency by 50%.
1) This Thanksgiving:
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) October 10, 2022
FTX, Evolved.
“We’ll be rolling out a whole new order matcher, lower latency API pathways, a whole slew of other features," FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted today.
Crypto exchanges, like other asset trading desks, use matching engines to match buy and sell orders. This process is what facilitates the buying and selling of crypto tokens on exchanges.
FTX’s matching engine has long been the subject of complaints from users. These complaints have been about the high latency and low throughput of the platform’s matching engine. Latency in the context refers to how fast the matching engine can match the buy and sell orders of users. Higher latency means slower trade execution which can be detrimental for users as profitable trading positions can be lost due to high latency.
3) We'll be rolling out a whole new order matcher, lower latency API pathways, and a whole slew of other features.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) October 10, 2022
These have been in the works for most of the year.
They're almost ready to release.
According to Bankman-Fried, these improvements will double FTX’s order throughput while reducing the latency by 50%. He stated that these upgrades have been in the works for most of the year and are almost ready for release on the platform.
FTX suffered a downtime last month due to what Bankman-Fried described as web interface-related issues. The glitch prevented users from accessing the crypto exchange’s website in the immediate aftermath of the September U.S. consumer price index report going live.
