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# Security

#### Security model & self-custody

Pool Party's security starts with an architectural choice: you never give up custody of your assets.

#### **What the contract enforces**

Each pool's logic runs on smart contracts. The manager decides allocations within the mandate, but cannot hold, withdraw, or appropriate users' assets. Your position is tied to your wallet, and only your wallet can access or redeem it.

#### **The mandate as a guardrail**

Each pool's mandate is immutable and on-chain. It defines the limits of the strategy, and nothing outside those limits is possible, because the contract prevents it. This applies to any manager, and will apply to AI agents when they become available.

#### **What is and isn't custodial**

Pool Party does not hold your assets and is not an intermediary. What exists is on-chain code that follows public rules. Self-custody protects control; it does not remove market, strategy, asset, or smart contract risk (see Understand risk).

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Self-custody is Pool Party's security foundation: your right is guaranteed by your wallet and the contract, not by a company's word.
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