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Non-Custodial

Prismata never holds your funds. We're an interface to on-chain contracts. Your tokens are always yours.

🔐 What "Non-Custodial" Means
Prismata cannot access, move, or freeze your funds. Your tokens are stored on-chain, owned by your wallet address, not by us. We're a frontend interface — a window into the blockchain.

Where Are My Tokens?

When you buy tokens through Prismata, they're recorded in Uniswap V4's PoolManager contract — not in any Prismata-controlled wallet or database.

The PoolManager maintains a ledger of ERC6909 claims — think of them as on-chain IOUs. It records: "Wallet 0xABC owns X amount of Token Y." That record is immutable and controlled only by your wallet's private key.

Transaction flow from Prismata to PoolManager

Prismata builds the transaction. You sign it. It goes on-chain. We never hold funds.

You Sign Everything

Every trade, withdrawal, or action requires your wallet signature. Prismata constructs the transaction, but only your wallet can authorise it. If you don't sign, nothing happens.

This is the key difference from centralised exchanges. On Coinbase or Binance, you have an IOU in their database — they hold the real tokens. With Prismata, your tokens are on-chain from the moment you buy. No intermediary holding anything on your behalf.

💡 No Signature, No Action
Without your wallet's signature, Prismata cannot do anything with your tokens. We can show you a UI, build transactions, and display your balances — but we can't move a single token without your explicit approval.

What If Prismata Disappears?

Your tokens stay on-chain, owned by your wallet. Prismata uses a smart contract called PrismataRelay to interact with the PoolManager. That contract is on-chain and doesn't depend on us — you could use it directly, or any other ERC6909-compatible interface.

The tokens aren't "in" Prismata. They're in Uniswap V4's contracts. We're just one way to access them.

Smart Contract Risk

While Prismata itself is non-custodial, your tokens do sit in smart contracts (Uniswap V4's PoolManager). Smart contracts can have bugs.

That said, Uniswap V4 has undergone nine independent security audits, a $2.35M security competition with over 500 researchers, and has a $15.5M active bug bounty — the largest in history. No critical vulnerabilities were found. Uniswap V2 and V3 have processed over $2.75 trillion in trading volume with zero hacks.

✓ Bottom Line
Your tokens are yours. Stored on-chain, controlled by your wallet, not by Prismata. We're just the interface that makes it easy to trade.