# Technical Framework #### **Antarctic Technology Core Framework** AX is designed around a technical framework that prioritizes **user control**, **execution reliability**, and **market integrity**. At a high level, the system is built on four pillars: * **Self-custodied accounts:** Users retain control of their assets while interacting with the protocol, reducing reliance on third-party custody. * **zkRollup settlement:** A rollup-based settlement layer is used to improve throughput and settlement efficiency, with **privacy-preserving** design where applicable. * **Hybrid liquidity architecture:** Liquidity is supported through a layered model intended to maintain **resilient depth** and **consistent pricing** across market conditions. * **Governance safeguards:** Critical parameter updates are subject to **time-delayed controls** (e.g., timelocks) to improve predictability and reduce the risk of abrupt changes. Alongside these components, AX includes an embedded **risk-control layer** designed to monitor trading behavior and incentive usage, and to mitigate activity that could undermine market order—such as **abusive trading patterns**, **wash trading**, or misuse of campaigns and rewards. Specific eligibility standards and enforcement rules are defined in the **Trading Risk Management Framework** and the platform’s **Risk Control Rules**. --- # 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://docs.antarctic.exchange/technical-framework.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.