Architecture

Your Abyss trade and liquidity position live onchain, not inside the website used to view them. This separation matters: an unavailable interface can make a position harder to manage, but does not by itself erase it or transfer ownership.

Abyss DEX runs on Robinhood Chain mainnet, chain ID 4663. Its architecture separates the market rules, the tools used to interact with markets, and the treasury that handles protocol fees.

Where a trade happens

A pool holds the two assets and applies its trading curve. A router carries your trade through one or more pools and enforces the spending or receiving limits you supply. The assets and balances settled by the successful transaction are the result; an interface's earlier quote is only an estimate.

Native ETH conversion belongs to the trading tools, not the pool. Router V2 wraps or unwraps ETH at the trade boundary while markets continue using ERC-20 tokens. Adding that tool does not change an existing pool's rules.

Where a position belongs

A provider's assets participate in a pool over their chosen range. The position manager represents managed positions as NFTs, so transferring the NFT transfers who can manage the position. The underlying range and fee accounting remain with the pool rather than a website's database.

The optional locker is a separate commitment. It restricts transfer and withdrawal only for NFTs deliberately placed into it. The distinction matters when assessing liquidity: one locked position does not prevent other providers withdrawing or guarantee that a range stays active.

Which rules stay fixed?

An existing pool's assets, profile, fee tier, quote designation where applicable, and truncated-history configuration are fixed. A different combination requires a separate pool. Core pools are non-upgradeable, and governance cannot pause ordinary swaps or liquidity actions or take control of individual positions.

Governance can enable additional fee tiers and register history settings for new pools. It can also change the protocol's share of swap fees within predefined bounds, including for existing pools. A fixed trading-fee tier therefore does not mean the provider's share of that fee can never change.

Why treasury control is separate

Protocol fees go to the pool's fixed fee vault. Treasury control governs assets received there and their later conversion or distribution. It does not grant control of your position NFT or the assets owed to your liquidity position.

The treasury distribution and buyback components have their own administrative and upgrade risks. Their allocation settings and execution choices can change independently of a pool's fixed identity. See Protocol fee buybacks for what allocations mean to a holder.

What still depends on other systems?

Onchain ownership does not make a token valuable or eliminate contract defects. Token issuers and bridges determine asset behavior and provenance; wallets control signatures; network and interface services affect access. Liquidity and prices remain market outcomes, not architectural guarantees.

For integration targets, use Contract addresses. For the financial and control risks behind these boundaries, see Security and risks.