> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://opendex.network/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://opendex.network/readme.md).

# 👋-Hello!

## ⚠️ NOT ACTIVELY MAINTAINED ⚠️

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**OpenDEX is a cross-chain DEX network, featuring a user-friendly web app for spontaneous asset swaps and a layer 3 high-speed trading network for liquidity providers & day traders built on the** [**Lightning**](https://lightning.network/) **and** [**Connext**](https://connext.network/) **networks.** OpenDEX consists of software, community, member projects, and the BOLD protocol standard with the goal to unify currently incompatible protocols and fragmented liquidity.

## Get Started

[🔁 **Swap privately & securely** via the easy-to-use web app 🖥️](https://opendex.app)

[🌊 **Provide liquidity & earn** by running a node 👨‍💻](/docs/liquidity-providers.md)

## OpenDEX Features

* No central authority. No middleman.
* No account. No KYC. No personal data.
* No protocol token.
* [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) by default preserves privacy.
* [BOLD](/bold/00-introduction.md) as open protocol. Support for multiple implementations.
* Direct, peer-to-peer trading.
* Complete control of funds at all times.
* Order book locally aggregates orders from peers in the network.
* Orders are matched locally with peer orders.
* Instant order settlement via atomic swaps on the [Lightning](https://lightning.network/) and [Connext](https://connext.network/) networks.

## Support & Community

**OpenDEX operates non-profit and is not a company**, nor any other sort of legal entity. It is an open community of individuals & member projects, working together to maintain the OpenDEX software and BOLD protocol specifications. OpenDEX was started to create a unified & long-term viable alternative to trading on trusted and KYCed centralized exchanges. Find the slides of the first public announcement at #hcpp19 in Prague [here](https://github.com/opendexnetwork/opendex/raw/master/slides/20191005_hcpp19.pdf) and the video recording [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSr9A6tI90).

* Join our [weekly community call or watch the recordings](/community/videos.md).
* Get support on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/aS5RMchDrU) and join our [Telegram](https://t.me/opendexnetwork) community.
* Contribute on [GitHub](https://github.com/opendexnetwork).