# Ripe Protocol

> Ripe is an onchain credit protocol designed to combine supported assets as collateral for one loan denominated in GREEN, its overcollateralized dollar stablecoin.

For current protocol behavior and user questions, prefer the documentation index below. The marketing site's whitepaper, vision, and opportunity memo also discuss design goals, projections, and roadmap; distinguish those from deployed behavior.

## Protocol documentation

- [Documentation index](https://docs.ripe.finance/llms.txt): LLM-readable index of the current English, Chinese, and Korean protocol documentation.
- [Documentation overview](https://docs.ripe.finance/readme.md): Introduction to Ripe and links into the protocol documentation.
- [FAQ](https://docs.ripe.finance/resources/faq.md): Answers about GREEN, collateral, borrowing, liquidations, yield, and governance.
- [Audits](https://docs.ripe.finance/resources/audits.md): Published independent security reviews and their stated scope.
- [Protocol archives](https://docs.ripe.finance/resources/archives.md): Historical context and changes between the 2024 designs and the launched protocol.
- [Source code](https://github.com/ripe-foundation/ripe-protocol): Public smart-contract repository.

## Marketing and design documents

- [Ripe homepage](https://www.ripe.finance): Product overview and official entry points.
- [Ripe Protocol whitepaper](https://www.ripe.finance/whitepaper): Historical 2024 designs for deposits and loans, GREEN, liquidations, bonding, the Endaoment, and governance.
- [Ripe Protocol architecture](https://www.ripe.finance/architecture): Historical 2024 map of core, configuration, data, token, and department contracts.
- [Ripe Protocol vision](https://www.ripe.finance/vision): Founder Mick Hagen's account of the protocol's purpose.
- [Ripe Protocol opportunity memo](https://www.ripe.finance/opportunity): 2024 market thesis, proposed approach, then-current protocol status, team, and roadmap.

## Optional

- [Application](https://app.ripe.finance): Ripe application.
- [X](https://x.com/ripe_dao): Official social account.