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Trust model

How your funds are protected on-chain.

Your deposits, trades, and withdrawals stay hidden from copy-traders and competitors. Funds move only when you sign for them.

Overview

Your USDC sits in an on-chain vault and moves only when you sign a transaction. Here's exactly what happens at each stage.

Token flow

  1. 1

    Deposit

    Your funds → Vault contract → ShieldTX

    ShieldTX accepts deposits directly from every major EVM chain. Your USDC lands in ShieldTX's on-chain vault on Arbitrum via Avail Nexus. The vault contract locks it and credits your ShieldTX account with a private balance only you can see, ready to trade.

    • Your USDC stays locked in the on-chain vault on Arbitrum and is released only when you submit a signed transaction.
  2. 2

    Open position

    ShieldTX → Fresh Hyperliquid account

    You choose a pair, direction, size, and leverage via the ShieldTX app. ShieldTX creates a brand-new Hyperliquid wallet on-chain, completely unlinkable to your deposit wallet or any previous on-chain trades. Your trade gets placed on Hyperliquid from this fresh wallet.

    • You open and close the position from the ShieldTX app.
    • Your order fills on Hyperliquid's order book, at the same price you'd get trading directly on HL minus the shielding fee.
    • If opening the position fails for any reason, your full amount returns to your ShieldTX balance on its own.
  3. 3

    Close position

    Hyperliquid account → ShieldTX

    Your position closes directly on Hyperliquid. Proceeds return to your ShieldTX balance, unlinkable to the Hyperliquid account used for the trade.

    • Your position follows Hyperliquid's rules. It closes when you close it, or when a take-profit, stop-loss, or liquidation triggers. ShieldTX adds no rules of its own.
    • ShieldTX validates that the settlement has completed on-chain before crediting your ShieldTX balance.
    • Closing settles on-chain in a few steps before your ShieldTX balance is credited.
  4. 4

    Withdraw

    ShieldTX → Your wallet

    Funds that aren't in an active trade can be claimed from the ShieldTX vault at any time. You sign a transaction to claim, and the vault sends the funds to the address you choose.

    • Only you can claim your funds, with a signed transaction.
    • Once ShieldTX posts the required confirmation on-chain, you claim your funds from the vault.

Shielding guarantees

ShieldedFrom
Your ShieldTX balanceEveryone. Only you and ShieldTX can see your balance.
Your deposit and your tradesPublic observers, copy-traders, and competitors cannot link your deposits to your trades.
Different positionsUses a fresh, unlinkable Hyperliquid account for each trade on ShieldTX, breaking the link between your trading activity.
Your trading P&L and historyExternal observers. No one can look on-chain and decipher your entire P&L or trading history when you use ShieldTX.

Safety mechanisms

MechanismProtection
On-chain vaultYour balance lives in an on-chain vault contract on Arbitrum. It changes only through the protocol's on-chain updates.
On-chain settlementEvery deposit, trade, and withdrawal settles on-chain before it takes effect.
Key management (Privy)Privy handles the trading-wallet keys client-side.
Automatic returns on openIf opening a position fails, your full amount returns to your ShieldTX balance on its own.

Trust summary

ComponentTrust level
Vault contractOn-chain Your balance lives in an on-chain vault contract on Arbitrum.
ShieldTXOn-chain Every deposit, trade, and withdrawal settles on-chain.
WithdrawalsPull-based You claim your funds with a signed transaction, once the protocol posts the confirmation on-chain.

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