# Symbiotic

Symbiotic is a generalized shared security system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems.

- [Symbiotic](/get-started/): Get started with Symbiotic's shared security system
- [What is Symbiotic?](/get-started/what/overview): Symbiotic is a shared security protocol designed to create a marketplace for economic security. It enables networks that need security to access it from those...
- [Networks](/get-started/what/participants/networks): Networks are fundamental components of the Symbiotic protocol that consume economic security and drive the demand for staking. They represent decentralized...
- [Operators](/get-started/what/participants/operators): Operators are entities running infrastructure for decentralized networks within and outside of the Symbiotic ecosystem. The Symbiotic protocol creates a...
- [Curators](/get-started/what/participants/curators): Curators set and maintain a vault's policy. They choose how stake is spread across networks and operators, which slashing flow applies, and who can deposit....
- [Vaults](/get-started/what/components/vaults): A vault is the on chain container that holds collateral and connects it to networks. Each vault holds a single collateral token, keeps track of who has...
- [Slashing](/get-started/what/components/slashing): Operators have stake assigned to them in each network they serve. Every network defines rules for correct behavior, such as producing valid blocks, signing...
- [Rewards](/get-started/what/components/rewards): Symbiotic can be considered an exchange hub between basically 3 parties: stakers, operators, and networks.
- [Relay SDK](/get-started/what/relay): The Symbiotic Relay SDK is the trust layer for data and computation.
- [Use Cases](/get-started/use-cases/): Explore how teams ship on top of Symbiotic's shared security and Relay attestations.
- [Bridges and Cross-chain Messaging](/get-started/use-cases/bridges-cross-chain-messaging): Stake-backed validator attestations for bridge state, DVNs, and cross-domain proofs.
- [Oracle Networks and Data Feeds](/get-started/use-cases/oracle-networks-data-feeds): Price, rate, and event oracles with custom resolvers and slashing rules.
- [General Attestation Layers](/get-started/use-cases/general-attestation-layers): Stake-secured attestations for arbitrary computations and events that trigger on-chain actions.
- [Decentralized Compute and AI Verification](/get-started/use-cases/decentralized-compute-ai-verification): "Decentralized Docker" or AI inference jobs producing proofs and Relay attestations.
- [Liquidity Management](/get-started/use-cases/liquidity-management): Use Symbiotic Relay attestations for liquidity management, rebalancing, and cross-chain treasury workflows.
- [Chain Agnostic Applications](/get-started/use-cases/chain-agnostic-applications): Appchains often spin up bespoke validator sets, multisigs or custom messaging paths per use case (governance messages, bridges, feeds). Each new route brings...
- [Insurance and Guarantees](/get-started/use-cases/insurance-and-guarantees): insurance, guarantees, and onchain risk transfer secured by slashable capital
- [Relay Quickstart](/get-started/developers/relay-quickstart): Symbiotic Super Sum spins up a relay network that runs simple sum computations. Schedule a job on any supported chain and the result is posted to every...
- [Developers Hub](/get-started/developers/developers-hub): Find role-specific integration paths, tools, APIs, ABIs, events, hints, and AI resources for building with Symbiotic.
- [Addresses](/get-started/resources/addresses): A comprehensive list of Symbiotic official smart contract deployments.
- [Bug Bounty](/get-started/resources/audits): Bug bounty program: Cantina - $500,000 (Core & Rewards)
- [Risks](/get-started/resources/risks): The following document contains a list of notes how to make the overall operation process safer for everyone.
- [Points Program](/get-started/resources/points-program): Symbiotic Points reward participants that provide useful economic security through the protocol. They are earned by depositing collateral into vaults and, in...
- [Analytics](/get-started/resources/analytics-and-apis): Live dashboards for monitoring Symbiotic vaults, rewards, and users.
- [Ecosystem](/get-started/resources/ecosystem): Explore Symbiotic ecosystem participants, including networks, curators, and operators using shared security.
- [Universal Staking](/learn/): Universal Staking is more than just restaking. Instead of merely reusing staked assets to secure multiple networks, it introduces a flexible coordination layer...
- [Network](/learn/core-concepts/network): In Symbiotic, a Network is any protocol that requires a decentralized infrastructure network to deliver a service in the crypto economy, such as enabling...
- [Operator](/learn/core-concepts/operator): Operators run the software that keeps decentralized networks alive. They include node operators or validators that run consensus and network-specific binaries,...
- [Vault](/learn/core-concepts/vault): A vault is the on-chain container that holds collateral and connects it to networks. Each vault holds a single collateral token, tracks deposits and...
- [Curator](/learn/core-concepts/curator): Curators set and maintain a vault's policy. They decide how stake is spread across networks and operators, what kind of slashing flow applies, and who can...
- [Rewards](/learn/core-concepts/rewards): Rewards are payments that Networks make to vault participants in exchange for security and work. Rewards are distributed using historical snapshots of vault...
- [Slashing](/learn/core-concepts/slashing): Slashing is how a Network penalizes operators for provable misbehavior. A Network's middleware sends a slashing request to the vault; the vault's Slasher...
- [Registries and Opt-ins](/learn/mechanics/registries-and-opt-ins): Registries give Networks and Operators a canonical on-chain identity that the rest of Symbiotic can reference.
- [Epochs and Delays](/learn/mechanics/epochs-and-delays): Epochs are the time rules of Symbiotic. They tell you when validator sets update, when withdrawal requests can be claimed, and how long captured guarantees...
- [Voting Power](/learn/relay/voting-power): The VotingPowerProvider is the Relay contract that turns delegated Symbiotic stake into operator voting power inside a validator set. It sits between Symbiotic...
- [Valset (Validator Set)](/learn/relay/valset): The validator set is the current list of operators and their weights that a network uses for signing and verification during a given epoch. In Relay, this is...
- [Secure Attestations](/learn/relay/secure-attestations): Secure attestations are stake-backed signatures over a message hash that contracts can verify against the active validator set header.
- [Settlement](/learn/relay/settlement): Settlement is the on-chain endpoint for Relay. It stores validator set headers (operators, keys, weights, thresholds) per network / subnetwork / epoch and...
- [Instant Liquidity](/liquid-lane/): Symbiotic Instant Liquidity enables redemptions for illiquid or time-locked assets through curator-managed vault liquidity and onchain RFQ flows.
- [Capital Efficiency Analysis](/liquid-lane/capital-efficiency-analysis): Compare liquidity buffers, DEX pools, and Symbiotic instant liquidity vaults for tokenized RWA redemptions and capital-efficient yield generation.
- [Introduction](/integrate/): Symbiotic is a shared security protocol that enables networks to access economic security from stakers. The protocol supports multiple participant roles, each...
- [Get Started](/integrate/networks/): This guide walks you through integrating your network with Symbiotic. Follow these steps to register your network, set up security, and start receiving stake...
- [Quickstart: Network with Staking](/integrate/networks/minimal-network): This guide sets up a minimal Hoodi testnet environment so you can validate production flows on testnet.
- [Network Contract](/integrate/networks/network-contract): Register your network using the NetworkRegistry smart contract. The registered address serves as your management address for interacting with Symbiotic vaults...
- [Submit Metadata](/integrate/networks/submit-metadata): The Symbiotic UI displays TVL, allocations, and relationships between curators, vaults, operators, and networks. To make your entity visible on the UI, submit...
- [Deploy Pre-deposit Vault](/integrate/networks/pre-deposit): You may want to curate or deploy vaults yourself in these cases:
- [Distribute Rewards](/integrate/networks/rewards): Networks use Rewards system to compensate Stakers, Operators, and Curators for providing security and network operation.
- [Slashing](/integrate/networks/slashing): Integrate Symbiotic slashing flows, resolvers, veto slashers, burners, and operator accountability checks.
- [Relay On-Chain](/integrate/networks/relay-onchain): The Symbiotic Relay system implements a complete signature aggregation workflow from validator set derivation through on-chain commitment of the ValSetHeader...
- [Relay Off-Chain](/integrate/networks/relay-offchain): :::warning The code is a work in progress and not production ready yet. Breaking changes may occur in code updates, and backward compatibility is not...
- [Relay Utils](/integrate/networks/relay-utils): relay_utils is the relay's key, operator, and network CLI — generate and register validator keys, commit the genesis validator set, and inspect operator status.
- [Helpful Core Contracts' Endpoints](/integrate/networks/helpful-core-contracts-endpoints): This page lists useful functions for networks across Symbiotic Core contracts.
- [Get Started](/integrate/operators/): Operators run network infrastructure and process logic provided by networks. This guide walks you through the operator lifecycle in Symbiotic.
- [Register Operator](/integrate/operators/register-operator): Register your operator using the OperatorRegistry smart contract. The registered address serves as your management address for opting into vaults and networks...
- [Submit Metadata](/integrate/operators/submit-metadata): The Symbiotic UI displays TVL, allocations, and relationships between curators, vaults, operators, and networks. To make your entity visible on the UI, submit...
- [Opt Into Networks and Vaults](/integrate/operators/opt-ins): Before you can start receiving delegations, complete two opt-in steps:
- [Claim Rewards](/integrate/operators/claim-rewards): Operators claim fees from Rewards.sol using the claimOperatorFees entrypoint for Vault Snapshot rewards. Find the up-to-date Rewards contract address on the...
- [Helpful Core Contracts' Endpoints](/integrate/operators/helpful-core-contracts-endpoints): This page lists useful functions for operators across Symbiotic Core contracts.
- [Get Started](/integrate/curators/): This guide walks you through the curator lifecycle in Symbiotic. You'll deploy a vault, manage allocations, and earn fees from managing depositors' funds.
- [Deploy Vault](/integrate/curators/deploy-vault): Symbiotic is a highly modular protocol with many separate parts and more coming in the future. This guide describes possible vault deployment configurations.
- [Submit Metadata](/integrate/curators/submit-metadata): The Symbiotic UI displays TVL, allocations, and relationships between curators, vaults, operators, and networks. To make your entity visible on the UI, submit...
- [Manage Allocations](/integrate/curators/manage-allocations): Learn how curators manage network and operator allocations for Symbiotic vaults.
- [Manage & Claim Fees](/integrate/curators/registry-and-fees): The vault.owner() sets the curator in CuratorRegistry. This links a vault to the curator address that will manage fee settings and claim curator fees.
- [Vault Wrapping](/integrate/curators/vault-wrapping): Sometimes, due to design choices for security guarantees or interaction flow optimization, you can't implement your ideas in a standard way. In these cases,...
- [Helpful Core Contracts' Endpoints](/integrate/curators/helpful-core-contracts-endpoints): This page lists useful functions for curators across Symbiotic Core contracts.
- [CLI](/integrate/builders-researchers/cli): Symbiotic CLI (symb) is a command-line tool for reading on-chain data and interacting with Symbiotic Core smart contracts.
- [Events](/integrate/builders-researchers/events): This page provides a complete overview of event handling and math across the Symbiotic system.
- [Hints](/integrate/builders-researchers/hints): Symbiotic core contracts simplify integration for networks and products with different stake utilization goals. One key simplification is flexibility to...
- [AI Resources](/integrate/builders-researchers/ai-resources)
- [Get Started](/integrate/builders-researchers/): Build applications on top of Symbiotic and access protocol data. Use these resources to integrate Symbiotic into your project.
- [Relay](/learn/relay/): Learn how Symbiotic Relay provides stake-backed attestations, validator sets, voting power, and settlement.
- [ABIs And Bindings](/integrate/builders-researchers/abis-and-bindings): Find generated ABIs and TypeScript bindings for integrating with Symbiotic smart contracts and protocol tooling.
- [APIs](/integrate/builders-researchers/apis): Use Symbiotic API endpoints to fetch protocol data, build dashboards, and improve integrations.
- [Relay Quickstart](/learn/relay/dev-workflow): This quickstart walks through the developer workflow that the repo enables: spinning up Symbiotic Core locally, preparing vaults and operators, wiring...