# WhitePaperInterestRateModel

### Compound's WhitePaperInterestRateModel Contract <a href="#compounds-whitepaperinterestratemodel-contract" id="compounds-whitepaperinterestratemodel-contract"></a>

The parameterized model described in section 2.4 of the original Compound Protocol whitepaper

### Solidity API <a href="#solidity-api" id="solidity-api"></a>

**multiplierPerBlock**

The multiplier of utilization rate that gives the slope of the interest rate

```solidity
uint256 multiplierPerBlock
```

***

**baseRatePerBlock**

The base interest rate which is the y-intercept when utilization rate is 0

```solidity
uint256 baseRatePerBlock
```

***

**constructor**

Construct an interest rate model

```solidity
constructor(uint256 baseRatePerYear, uint256 multiplierPerYear) public
```

**Parameters**

| Name              | Type    | Description                                                                                           |
| ----------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| baseRatePerYear   | uint256 | The approximate target base APR, as a mantissa (scaled by EXP\_SCALE)                                 |
| multiplierPerYear | uint256 | The number of blocks per The rate of increase in interest rate wrt utilization (scaled by EXP\_SCALE) |

***

**getBorrowRate**

Calculates the current borrow rate per block, with the error code expected by the market

```solidity
function getBorrowRate(uint256 cash, uint256 borrows, uint256 reserves, uint256 badDebt) public view returns (uint256)
```

**Parameters**

| Name     | Type    | Description                          |
| -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| cash     | uint256 | The amount of cash in the market     |
| borrows  | uint256 | The amount of borrows in the market  |
| reserves | uint256 | The amount of reserves in the market |
| badDebt  | uint256 | The amount of badDebt in the market  |

**Return Values**

| Name | Type    | Description                                                               |
| ---- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[0] | uint256 | The borrow rate percentage per block as a mantissa (scaled by EXP\_SCALE) |

***

**getSupplyRate**

Calculates the current supply rate per block

```solidity
function getSupplyRate(uint256 cash, uint256 borrows, uint256 reserves, uint256 reserveFactorMantissa, uint256 badDebt) public view returns (uint256)
```

**Parameters**

| Name                  | Type    | Description                               |
| --------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| cash                  | uint256 | The amount of cash in the market          |
| borrows               | uint256 | The amount of borrows in the market       |
| reserves              | uint256 | The amount of reserves in the market      |
| reserveFactorMantissa | uint256 | The current reserve factor for the market |
| badDebt               | uint256 | The amount of badDebt in the market       |

**Return Values**

| Name | Type    | Description                                                               |
| ---- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[0] | uint256 | The supply rate percentage per block as a mantissa (scaled by EXP\_SCALE) |

***

**utilizationRate**

Calculates the utilization rate of the market: `(borrows + badDebt) / (cash + borrows + badDebt - reserves)`

```solidity
function utilizationRate(uint256 cash, uint256 borrows, uint256 reserves, uint256 badDebt) public pure returns (uint256)
```

**Parameters**

| Name     | Type    | Description                                             |
| -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| cash     | uint256 | The amount of cash in the market                        |
| borrows  | uint256 | The amount of borrows in the market                     |
| reserves | uint256 | The amount of reserves in the market (currently unused) |
| badDebt  | uint256 | The amount of badDebt in the market                     |

**Return Values**

| Name | Type    | Description                                                    |
| ---- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[0] | uint256 | The utilization rate as a mantissa between \[0, MANTISSA\_ONE] |
