# Definition & Vision Yamata is pioneering a new, dominant design for crypto trading, merging blazing fast order books and advanced order types with a simple, self custodial, on-chain user experience that is made impossibly simple through progressive abstraction. Yamata utilizes a novel OHX (Optimistic Hybrid Exchange Mechanism) that ensures the integrity of our off-chain matching engine. This system allows Yamata to operate at centralized exchange speeds while maintaining transparent order flow, with continuous validation through decentralized oversight. The ultimate goal is to empower crypto traders to trade without trade-offs. --- # 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://paper.yamata.io/definition-and-vision.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.