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About Barter
Barter is an intent-based execution layer on Ethereum, not a retail DEX but a routing engine that acts as a solver for CoW Swap, 1inch Fusion, UniswapX and Bebop. Users submit price and size constraints rather than a path, and Barter bids off-chain, splitting an order across AMMs, RFQ market makers and private liquidity, using batch settlement and ordering to cut slippage and sandwich attacks. Superposition lets wallet balances quote prices without being moved, with fees returning straight to the holding address.
Revenue comes from execution spread and solver share, and the customers are wallets, aggregators and trading front ends that take a cut of flow instead of building routing. Against 0x and comparable aggregators, it carries inventory and landing risk itself, so a quote is a commitment. Superposition is currently matched and risk-managed centrally by the team; funds stay in the wallet after approval, which still requires trusting the platform not to overreach.
In 2026, Barter's intent-based DEX, Barter Chain, launched mainnet with a Polygon bridge, while the Superposition public testnet advanced; cumulative routed volume exceeded $35 billion.
Barter lets users execute token swaps and loans via intent matching with custom terms, and plans to launch Barter Lend.
Future strategy and roadmap: Barter plans to launch Barter Lend in the third quarter of 2026, expand the chains and asset classes supported by its intent routing, and deepen liquidity integrations with lending and derivatives protocols.
Nikita Ovchinnik — Co-founder & CEO; the third employee and former CBDO at 1inch Network; founded Barter in 2023.