# Project overview Founded in October 2019, Perpetual Protocol wrote and launched their first derivatives DEX in December 2020. Perp v2 launched in November 2021, and Perp v3 arrived on the scene in 2024. The team is doxxed and one of the oldest in the game. We look forward to building great software together for users for many years to come. ## 🧭 Mission Our mission is driven by 2 key elements: 1. **Access:** Traditionally there are a class of financial products that are only available to "sophisticated investors", aka people with money. We want to provide accessibility of financial products to all retail users regardless of their financial status 2. **Simplicity**: We want to take these complex financial products and make them simple in such a way where it's fair and understandable by all. No more confusing products or negative UX! ## Learn more [Product info](/nekodex-playground/all-about-perp/project-overview/product-info.md) [About us](/nekodex-playground/all-about-perp/project-overview/about-us.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.nekodex.org/nekodex-playground/all-about-perp/project-overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.