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# 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.


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