Getting Started
FAQ
Quick answers to the most common questions about Topaz, mainnet status, fees, voting, and how to participate. Bigger questions live in the rest of the docs — this page is the index.
Protocol
What is Topaz?
Topaz is a multichain DEX combining V2 and Concentrated pools with liquidity governance. BNB hosts TOPAZ and veTOPAZ; live spokes use staked xTOPAZ to vote for local gauges. Unstaked LPs earn fees, staked LPs earn emissions, and voters earn the fees routed to them plus incentives. Overview.
Is mainnet live?
Topaz is deployed on BNB Chain (56), Robinhood Chain (4663), Base (8453), Ethereum (1) and Arc (5042). DEX, xTOPAZ bridging and voting are live, with entry and redemption on BNB. Check contract addresses and network availability. Each transaction remains subject to balance, approval, epoch and contract-state checks.
Has Topaz been audited?
Shieldify reviewed the BNB Topaz changes covered by its published report. That report does not establish an audit of the later xTOPAZ vault, bridge, coordinator or spoke voting vault. See Security & Audits for scope and multichain risks.
What chains is Topaz on?
BNB Chain is the hub; Robinhood Chain, Base, Ethereum and Arc are live spokes. Swap aggregation and private-swap services have their own route availability; Arc is served by Topaz routing and Relay. Network availability.
Is the code open source?
Yes. The core protocol is built on the Solidly / Velodrome / Aerodrome lineage, and Topaz Slipstream is forked from Aerodrome Slipstream. Source and explorer links for each network are listed on the Contracts page.
Using Topaz
Which wallets are supported?
The interface supports injected EVM wallets, EIP-6963 providers and WalletConnect when configured. Topaz ID supports Google, email and external-wallet sign-in when configured. Chain and smart-account support vary by action; private swaps currently require an EOA.
How do I get started?
Read the Quick Start guide. It covers swap, LP, lock, and vote in five minutes.
What is Topaz Auto?
Topaz Auto vaults hold a keeper-managed concentrated position behind ERC-20 shares on BNB Chain, Robinhood Chain and Arc. You never set the range. Gauge rewards pass through as a separate claimable balance and are not compounded, and withdrawals are in kind at any time. Topaz Auto.
What's the difference between v2 and Slipstream pools?
v2 pools are constant-product (volatile) or stableswap (stable), like Uniswap V2 / Solidly. Slipstream pools are concentrated-liquidity, like Uniswap V3. You can use both on Topaz; they have separate routers and different LP flows. See AMM & Pool Types for when to pick which.
What's the swap fee?
Defaults: 0.05% on stable pools, 0.30% on volatile v2 pools. Slipstream pools default to 0.01% / 0.05% / 0.10% / 0.30% / 1.00% depending on tick spacing (1 / 50 / 100 / 200 / 2000). Base fees are customizable per pool by the protocol fee manager up to a 3% cap. A Slipstream pool running the dynamic-fee module can charge more than its base fee while spot diverges from TWAP, bounded by that pool's fee cap and the module's immutable 5% maximum. See Pool Fees.
How much can I earn LPing?
It depends entirely on the pool, the volume, the gauge votes, and the bribes attached. Pool Fee APR uses trailing seven-day fees; Emissions APR uses the gauge reward rate and staked liquidity. Personal concentrated positions also depend on their range. Past performance isn't future yield, but it's the honest baseline.
veTOPAZ & Voting
How does locking TOPAZ work?
Lock 1 week to 4 years. Longer lock = more veTOPAZ voting power (1:1 at 4 years, 0.25:1 at 1 year). veTOPAZ earns fees, bribes, and rebases. See veTOPAZ Locks for the full state machine.
Can I exit a lock early?
No — TOPAZ stays escrowed until the lock end. You can transfer / merge / split the veTOPAZ NFT itself, but the underlying TOPAZ is not accessible until the unlock date. Permanent locks can be voluntarily un-permanented (which converts to a 4-year decaying lock), but only if you haven't voted in the current epoch.
How often do I need to vote?
Each NFT can cast one vote per epoch. Existing allocations carry over. A reset requires the previous vote to be from an earlier epoch and the first-hour restriction to have passed; a new vote must satisfy the voting window. Check the action state rather than assuming any reset or replacement is immediately available.
What's a bribe?
An incentive deposited to a gauge to attract votes. Voters who vote for that gauge during the epoch claim the bribes pro-rata in the following epoch. Topaz uses "bribe" and "incentive" interchangeably. See Incentives (Bribes).
Safety & Support
Where do I get help?
Fastest: ask in Telegram. Follow @TopazDex for announcements. Do not DM anyone claiming to be team — we will never ask for seed phrases, private keys, or approvals.
How do I spot phishing?
Use the official Topaz website and its in-app links. The legacy app at app.topazdex.com has been retired and redirects here. The closed airdrop and sacrifice do not reopen with multichain expansion; do not sign an unsolicited “migration” or “eligibility” request.
What are the risks?
Smart-contract risk (despite audit), impermanent loss on LP positions, governance risk (parameters change), oracle manipulation risk on TWAP-dependent integrations, and jurisdiction-specific regulatory risk. See Security & Audits for the full disclosure.
Why BNB Chain?
BNB is Topaz’s original deployment and remains the home of its token issuance, veTOPAZ locks and governance. Keeping that hub lets the expansion reuse one token economy while local markets and voting grow on spokes.
xTOPAZ and the expansion
Must I migrate my BNB lock?
No. Ordinary veTOPAZ locks remain on BNB. Wrapping into xTOPAZ is optional and burns the original NFT into the aggregate backing. Get xTOPAZ.
Is one xTOPAZ always one TOPAZ?
No. It is a share at the current vault rate, backed by locked TOPAZ. Backing growth changes the rate, not your token balance, and does not guarantee a market price. xTOPAZ explained.
Can I bridge directly from Base to Robinhood?
The xTOPAZ design routes through BNB in two separately confirmed transfers. It has no direct spoke-to-spoke peer in version one. Bridge xTOPAZ.
Can I withdraw a spoke stake whenever I want?
No. With the contract's default one-full-epoch setting, new money unlocks at the start of epoch N+2, subject to vote restrictions. Adding to an existing position can extend its entire balance's date. Spoke staking.
Does redeeming return liquid TOPAZ?
No. Redemption on BNB returns a new permanent veTOPAZ NFT. Redemption.