# Polyester Documentation

> Canonical product documentation for Polyester users and developers.

Polyester is a decentralized exchange that brings assets and liquidity from multiple networks into a unified trading environment. Use the pages below as the canonical entry points for product behavior, workflows, security boundaries, and integration guidance.

Published entries are canonical for their documented subject. Entries labeled **Draft** describe work in progress and may omit an approved schedule, address registry, report, destination, or released workflow. The live product remains authoritative for availability and transaction terms.

## Start Here

- [What is Polyester?](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/start/what-is-polyester): How Polyester unifies Assets from supported chains for trading, lending, bridging, and swaps.
- [Key Concepts](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/start/key-concepts): Learn how Polyester moves Assets across chains, keeps balances on-chain, and processes order-book trades.
- [Create Your Account](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/start/create-account): Choose how to sign in, create your non-custodial Main Account, and protect the wallet that controls it.
- [Secure Your Account](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/start/secure-account): Protect your owner credential, add MFA, save recovery codes, and configure withdrawal and transfer whitelists.
- [First Deposit & Trade](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/start/first-deposit-and-trade): Deposit an Asset, make it available in Trading, and place your first spot Order.

## Funds

- [Unified Assets](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/unified-assets): Learn how Polyester turns chain-specific deposits into one account balance you can trade, transfer, or withdraw.
- [Supported Assets](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/supported-assets-and-networks): Deposit and withdraw Unified Assets on supported networks. Expand a row for fees, minimums, and confirmation time.
- [Funding Account](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/funding-account): Learn how the Funding Account keeps on-chain balances ready to deposit, transfer, trade, or withdraw.
- [Trading Account](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/trading-account): Learn how the Trading Account manages available and reserved balances for trading, borrowing, transfers, and withdrawals.
- [Deposit Funds](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/deposit-assets): Deposit a supported Asset from an external Network and confirm where Polyester credits it.
- [Withdraw Funds](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/withdraw-assets): Withdraw an available Polyester balance to an external wallet on a supported chain.
- [Internal Transfers](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/funds/internal-transfers): Move an available balance between Polyester accounts or balance areas.

## Trading

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/spot-trading-overview): See how Polyester combines order-book markets, advanced trading tools, and low-latency APIs.
- [Trading Screen](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/trading-screen): Use and customize Polyester's connected workspace for market analysis, order entry, and account activity.
- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/overview): Learn the Trading Screen widgets you can add, group, and rearrange in Advanced layout.
- [Polyester Chart](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/polyester-chart): Read candles, volume, indicators, and drawings in Polyester's native market chart.
- [TradingView Chart](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/tradingview-chart): Analyze Polyester markets with TradingView Advanced Charts and your saved chart preferences.
- [Depth Chart](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/depth-chart): See where visible buy and sell liquidity is concentrated around the current market.
- [Order Book](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/order-book): Read current buy and sell prices, the spread, and visible liquidity for one spot market.
- [Market Trades](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/market-trades): Follow recent public executions for the active Pair and see where trading is taking place.
- [Order Form](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/order-form): Choose a side, order type, amount, price, and execution controls before submitting an order.
- [Open Orders](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/open-orders): Monitor working and partially filled orders, then act on their remaining quantity.
- [Order Triggers](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/order-triggers): Monitor conditional and staged instructions before and after they create executable orders.
- [Order History](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/order-history): Review filled, canceled, expired, and rejected order outcomes for the selected account.
- [Funds](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/widgets/funds): Compare Unified Trading and Funding balances for the two Assets in the active Pair.
- [Market Order](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/market-order): Attempt immediate execution against available Order Book liquidity within price protection.
- [Limit Order](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/limit-order): Buy at a chosen maximum price or sell at a chosen minimum price.
- [Time-in-Force & Post-Only](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/time-in-force-and-post-only): Control what happens to unfilled limit quantity and whether an order may remove liquidity immediately.
- [Iceberg](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/iceberg): Understand the Iceberg order concept and its current availability on Polyester.
- [TWAP](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/twap): Spread a target quantity across scheduled child orders while monitoring execution, timing, and completion risk.
- [Ladder](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/ladder): Distribute a target quantity across planned limit-price levels and monitor each child order independently.
- [Stop-Loss Market](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/stop-loss-market): Attempt market-style execution after a downside condition while accounting for gaps, protection, and partial fills.
- [Stop-Loss Limit](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/stop-loss-limit): Activate a limit child after a downside condition while keeping trigger price and execution boundary distinct.
- [Trailing Stop](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/trailing-stop): Follow a favorable price extreme and activate a child order after price reverses by a configured distance.
- [Manage Orders](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/manage-orders): Track active orders, understand fills, modify remaining quantity, and confirm how each order ends.
- [Quick Swap](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/quick-swap): Convert one supported asset into another and deliver it to a chosen wallet with Quick Swap.

## Fees & VIP

- [Trading Fees](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/fees-and-vip/trading-fees): View spot rates, maker rebates, referral benefits, and the assets you can use to pay trading fees.
- [VIP Tiers](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/fees-and-vip/vip-tiers): See how rolling spot volume or average account equity determines your Polyester VIP tier.
- [Deposit & Withdrawal Fees](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/fees-and-vip/deposit-and-withdrawal-fees): View current deposit and withdrawal fees for each supported asset and chain.

## Referrals

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/referrals/overview): Invite friends to Polyester, earn a share of their trading fees, and track every referral from one dashboard.
- [Rewards](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/referrals/fees): See how referral rewards are calculated, collected, converted, and paid to your Trading Account.
- [Analytics](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/referrals/analytics): Track referred users, trading volume, and rewards across every referral link and date range.

## Account

- [Dashboard](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/dashboard-balances-and-activity): See your account equity, asset balances, open orders, and recent transactions in one place.
- [Sign-In & Ownership](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/sign-in-and-ownership): Understand how your wallet, Google account, or email connects you to your Polyester account.
- [MFA & Recovery](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/mfa-and-recovery-codes): Add a passkey or authenticator app and keep recovery codes available if you lose a method.
- [Sessions & Alerts](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/sessions-alerts-and-recovery): Manage account sessions, understand security alerts, and respond to unfamiliar activity.
- [Address Book & Whitelists](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/address-book-and-whitelist): Save trusted destinations and control where withdrawals and internal transfers can be sent.
- [GuardSigner](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/guard-signer): Set up and manage the additional signer that protects withdrawal and internal transfer whitelist changes.
- [API Keys](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/access-and-security/api-keys): Create API keys, choose what they can access, and keep their private signing keys safe.
- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/ledger/ledger-overview): See every balance change in your account and connect it to the trade, transfer, or fee that created it.
- [Account Statements](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/account/ledger/account-statements): Create a report of your balances, trades, fees, and account activity for a selected period.

## Preferences

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/overview): Open Settings to update how Polyester looks and displays information. Choices save in cookies on this browser.
- [Appearance](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/appearance): Choose your theme, colors, and typeface.
- [Language & Region](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/language-and-region): Choose how Polyester displays language, dates, times, currencies, and numbers.
- [Sounds](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/sounds): Control Polyester sound effects, alerts, and volume levels.
- [Notifications](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/notifications): Choose which Polyester updates you receive and how they appear.
- [Balances](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/balances): Hide account amounts on screen without changing the balances themselves.
- [Footer](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/preferences/footer): Choose what appears in the ticker at the bottom of the trading screen.

## Subaccounts

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/subaccounts/subaccounts-overview): Use Subaccounts to separate balances, trading, people, and access under one Main Account.
- [Manage Subaccounts](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/subaccounts/manage-subaccounts): Create, switch, fund, disable, reactivate, or leave a Subaccount.
- [Members & Roles](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/subaccounts/members-and-roles): Invite people to a Subaccount and choose what each role can do.
- [Permissions & Policies](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/subaccounts/permissions-and-policies): Choose which trading, balance, Address Book, and safety actions a Subaccount supports.
- [Audit Logs](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/subaccounts/audit-logs): See membership, permission, API-key, and account-setting changes for a Subaccount.

## PolyEngine

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/overview): See how PolyEngine checks, matches, and settles your spot orders.
- [Admission](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/admission): See how PolyEngine checks your order and protects the balance it may use.
- [Matching](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/matching): See how your eligible order receives priority and becomes one or more fills.
- [Settlement](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/settlement): See how each fill updates your assets, fees, rebates, and reserved balance.
- [PolyEngine Relay](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/relay): Call core PolyEngine functions directly on Polyester Chain using your smart account, without a website login or API key.
- [Verifier Nodes](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/verifiers): See how open-source verifier nodes independently check PolyEngine's matching results while preserving account privacy.
- [Escape Hatch](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyengine/escape-hatch): Understand how validator-controlled exit-only mode protects access to eligible Trading balances during a recovery.

## Zipper

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/zipper/overview): See how Zipper moves supported assets between external chains and your Polyester account.
- [Asset Lifecycle](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/zipper/asset-lifecycle): Follow your asset from an external deposit to a Polyester balance and back to an external chain.
- [Vaults](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/zipper/vaults): See how Zipper deposit addresses, custody vaults, and route inventory support deposits and withdrawals.
- [Validators](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/zipper/validators): See how Zipper validators independently review asset movements and how participation expands as the protocol matures.
- [Security](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/zipper/security): See how Zipper protects deposits, withdrawals, custody, and Zipped Asset supply.

## Polyester Chain

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-chain/overview): See how Polyester Chain supports your account, assets, and public on-chain activity.
- [Smart Account](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-chain/smart-account): Understand the Safe smart account that represents your Polyester account.
- [Gas Abstraction](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-chain/gasless-transactions): See how Polyester sponsors gas for your supported Polyester Chain actions.
- [Validators](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-chain/chain-security): See how Polyester Chain validators secure blocks and how other approval roles remain separate.
- [RPC Nodes](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-chain/rpcs): Run your own Polyester Chain node to access public Chain data through a local RPC endpoint.

## Polyester Scan

- [Overview](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/overview): Explore public Polyester Chain activity, assets, contracts, and cross-chain flows.
- [zAssets & uAssets](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/zassets-and-uassets): See how route-specific Zipped Assets connect to one Unified Asset balance.
- [Asset Flows](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/asset-flows): Follow deposits, withdrawals, and internal transfers from start to finish in Polyester Scan.
- [Chain Activity](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/chain-activity): Browse Polyester Chain blocks, transactions, addresses, and public execution details.
- [Tokens & Chains](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/tokens-and-chains): Browse assets, token transfers, and the source chains connected to Polyester.
- [Contracts & Tools](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/polyester-scan/contracts-and-tools): Explore verified contracts and use Polyester Scan's filters, exports, statistics, gas, and API tools.

## Reference

- [Confirmation Requirements](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/confirmation-requirements): See the confirmation requirements and estimated deposit times for supported chains.
- [Testnet Faucets](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/testnet-faucets): Claim testnet Assets from faucets that do not require a mainnet balance.
- [Faucet Backups](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/faucet-backups): Use backup faucets when a primary faucet is unavailable. Some require a mainnet balance.
- [Polyester Contracts](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/polyester-contracts): Open official Polyester Chain contract deployments in Polyester Scan.
- [Audits](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/audits): Open published security reviews for Polyester and Zipper.
- [Official Links](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/official-links): Open official Polyester products, documentation, support, community, and developer resources.
- [Glossary](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/glossary): Search definitions for Polyester product and trading terms.
- [LLMs.txt](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/reference/llms-txt): Open Polyester documentation as a plain-text resource for language models and other tools.

## Help & Support

- [FAQs](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/help-and-support/faqs): Search answers to common questions about Polyester.
- [Feature Requests](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/help-and-support/feature-requests): Submit an idea or browse feature requests from the Polyester community.
- [Submit a Support Ticket](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/help-and-support/submit-a-support-ticket): Contact Polyester support about a private or account-specific question.

## Developer Resources

- [Developer Docs](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/developer-docs): API, transport, authentication, request-signing, and integration documentation.
- [SDK Docs](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/sdk): Language-specific Polyester SDK documentation.
- [Polyester Scan](https://polyesterscan.com/): Public Polyester Chain and asset-flow explorer.