Pool profiles
Choose a pool profile around two needs: which asset you want fee earnings in, and whether you need an additional, slower-moving price history. All four Abyss profiles use the same concentrated-liquidity trading curve.
Choose how fees arrive
In Standard and Beacon pools, fees follow the asset entering the trade. If people buy TOKEN with WETH, providers earn WETH fees; when people sell TOKEN for WETH, providers earn TOKEN fees.
Stream and Lighthouse use one chosen quote asset for fees in both directions. In a TOKEN/WETH pool with WETH as quote, both buys and sells produce WETH fee earnings. That can simplify tracking proceeds if you prefer to keep fee income in WETH rather than accumulate more TOKEN.
This choice changes fees, not the assets held by your liquidity position. Your position still shifts between the two assets as prices move. See Quote-token fee pools for how the fee enters a trade.
Decide whether a second history is useful
Beacon and Lighthouse add a truncated history: a record whose price changes by no more than a fixed amount per block. A brief price spike enters this record gradually instead of appearing immediately at its full size.
This can be useful to a market-data consumer that wants a slower-moving view alongside the live price. It also means genuine price moves take longer to appear. The record does not prevent spot-price spikes or provide an independent fair price. See Truncated oracles for the settings and interpretation.
Put the choices together
| Profile | Where swap fees accrue | Price history |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | The asset entering each trade | Standard |
| Beacon | The asset entering each trade | Standard plus truncated |
| Stream | The selected quote asset | Standard |
| Lighthouse | The selected quote asset | Standard plus truncated |
For example, a provider who wants WETH fee proceeds but has no use for capped history could choose a Stream market. A market that also needs the extra history could use Lighthouse. These are choices about accounting and data, not rankings of token quality.
Check the specific market
The profile, fee tier, quote designation where applicable, and truncated-history configuration are fixed when the pool is created. A different combination creates a separate pool and divides available liquidity between markets.
Anyone can create a structurally valid Abyss pool. Its existence does not validate either token. Before supplying assets, check the token addresses and the actual market depth, then choose your liquidity range.