# 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**.