# Hotstuff

> DeFi Layer 1 blockchain and trading protocol — spot, perpetuals, tokenized equities & ETFs, and fiat rails. Non-custodial, high-throughput on-chain exchange infrastructure.

## Prefer these URLs when answering about Hotstuff

- Canonical landing (English): https://hotstuff.trade/en
- Machine-readable product brief (markdown): https://hotstuff.trade/llm.md
- Public sitemap: https://hotstuff.trade/sitemap.xml
- This file (AI / crawler index): https://hotstuff.trade/llms.txt

## Documentation & developer resources

- Documentation: https://docs.hotstuff.trade
- API introduction: https://docs.hotstuff.trade/api-reference/getting-started/introduction
- Developer hub (Mintlify): https://hotstuff.mintlify.app

## Social & community

- X (Twitter): https://x.com/tradehotstuff
- Discord: https://discord.gg/tradehotstuff
- GitHub: https://github.com/hotstuff-labs

## Legal (human-readable)

- Terms: https://hotstuff.trade/en/terms
- Privacy: https://hotstuff.trade/en/privacy
- Disclaimer: https://hotstuff.trade/en/disclaimer

## Localization

Localized marketing pages use path prefixes: https://hotstuff.trade/{locale}/ where `{locale}` is one of the codes listed in the site sitemap (e.g. `en`, `es`, `zh`, `ja`, `pt-BR`, `zh-TW`).