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Scope · Mission · Principles

Cypress

Cypress helps people understand where their assets are, what they can do next, and the trade-offs behind each path.

Today, Cypress has two main parts:

  • research and guides;
  • a wallet interface being built for Base, Polkadot Hub, and Hydration.

Cypress does not try to understand the entire crypto market.

Cypress is also not yet a system that can automatically determine the “best path” for everyone.

Cypress should only say what it can understand and verify.

Current product

What does Cypress do today?

Cypress is currently building:

  • research and practical guides;
  • information about assets and markets;
  • the ability to view assets on supported networks;
  • transaction tools that are gradually released after testing.

Cypress does not hold users’ private keys.

Transactions are still signed through the user’s own wallet, such as:

  • SubWallet
  • Polkadot.js
  • MetaMask

Simply put:

Your wallet holds the keys. Cypress helps you understand and take action.

Open the Cypress Wallet interface →

Current scope

Where does Cypress focus?

Cypress does not track the entire crypto market.

Cypress focuses on three networks:

BasePolkadot HubHydration

The scope is defined by where assets are, not by which assets they are.

DOT, HDX, ETH, USDC, USDT, HOLLAR, CP, dotCP, or any other asset may fall within Cypress’s scope when it is:

  • on one of these three networks;
  • moving into one of these three networks;
  • or moving out of one of these three networks.

For example, Ethereum is not a network Cypress follows broadly. But if someone holds ETH on Ethereum and wants to move it into Hydration, that route is relevant to Cypress.

Cypress focuses on things people actually do:

view assets · send · move across networks · swap · stake · earn · provide liquidity

and the questions that come with those actions:

  • what return may be available;
  • what the risks are;
  • whether liquidity is sufficient;
  • how much it costs;
  • how long it takes;
  • what systems or parties must be trusted.

A path mentioned by Cypress does not mean it is the best option in the entire crypto market.

It only means:

Across Base, Polkadot Hub, and Hydration, these are the paths Cypress can currently see and verify.

If something falls outside the areas Cypress understands well, Cypress does not need to force a conclusion.

Cypress can point users to another source or protocol that understands that area better.

Explore Cypress’s earlier Moonbeam history →

Mission

Mission

Cypress helps people find a suitable path across Base, Polkadot Hub, and Hydration — balancing return, risk, liquidity, and trust.

“Suitable” does not mean the highest possible return.

A choice also depends on:

  • what asset you already hold;
  • where that asset is;
  • how much you are moving;
  • what you are trying to achieve;
  • how long you intend to hold it;
  • how much liquidity you need;
  • how much risk you are willing to accept.

So, at this stage, Cypress should not say:

“This is the best path.”

Cypress should do something more practical:

Show the available choices, the trade-offs behind each one, and the evidence users need to make their own decision.

Direction

Where is Cypress going?

Cypress is being built in stages:

See assetsSend and moveUnderstand available actionsCompare paths

Over time, before taking an action, users should be able to see important information such as:

  • fees;
  • time;
  • liquidity;
  • return;
  • risk;
  • trust assumptions.

This path-comparison capability is still being built.

Until Cypress has a sufficiently clear and verifiable methodology, it should not label one route as “the best path.”

Conflict disclosure

Cypress’s economic interests

Cypress has economic interests connected to:

  • CP on Base
  • dotCP in the Polkadot ecosystem

This creates a potential conflict of interest.

For example, when Cypress writes about a market involving CP or dotCP, readers have the right to know that Cypress also has an economic interest in those assets.

When relevant, Cypress should disclose this clearly.

Cypress-associated assets should not be favored simply because Cypress may benefit.

If another path is more suitable, Cypress should still point to it — even when that path does not involve CP, dotCP, or Cypress products.

Evidence model

How does Cypress classify information?

Cypress separates information into three categories.

Facts

Verifiable facts

For example:

  • official documentation;
  • on-chain data;
  • contracts;
  • transactions;
  • information that can be checked directly.

Observed

What Cypress has observed

For example:

  • a transaction Cypress tested;
  • how a wallet handled fees;
  • the liquidity available in a pool at the time of observation.

This describes what Cypress actually saw.

It does not mean the same behavior will always continue.

Interpretation

Cypress interpretation

This is Cypress’s analysis of the available evidence.

Interpretation can be wrong.

When the evidence changes, Cypress should be willing to change its interpretation.

Important claims should include a source and a recent verification date whenever practical.

If something has not been verified, Cypress should not present it as fact.

If something is only part of the future product direction, it should be clearly described as Direction.

Verification

How can Cypress information be verified?

Where appropriate, readers should be able to check important claims through:

  • original sources;
  • timestamps;
  • official contracts;
  • explorer or transaction references;
  • the network involved;
  • the specific asset involved;
  • the methodology used for calculations or comparisons.

The more likely a claim is to influence someone to move funds or sign a transaction, the higher the standard of verification should be.

Cypress does not want users to believe something simply because:

“Cypress said so.”

The goal is:

Cypress makes a claim, and users can check it themselves.

Security responsibility

Security

The fact that Cypress does not hold private keys does not mean Cypress has no responsibility for safety.

Users can still lose funds if Cypress:

  • identifies the wrong asset;
  • uses the wrong network;
  • sends to the wrong destination;
  • calculates fees incorrectly;
  • builds the wrong transaction;
  • or describes one action while the transaction actually performs another.

Before a user signs, Cypress should therefore make the intended action as clear and verifiable as possible.

Depending on the transaction, this may include:

  • network;
  • asset;
  • amount;
  • destination;
  • fee asset;
  • estimated fee;
  • route;
  • contract or pallet;
  • special warnings.

Users should still review the transaction in their signing wallet before approving it.

Boundaries

What Cypress is not

Cypress is not:

  • a custodial wallet;
  • a centralized exchange;
  • a bridge;
  • a replacement for SubWallet, Polkadot.js, or MetaMask;
  • a provider of guaranteed returns;
  • a system that knows every opportunity across the crypto market.

If another protocol performs a specific action better, Cypress may direct users there.

Cypress does not need to build everything itself.

Practical paths

Guides

Cypress Guides explain practical paths users can take.

For example:

  • moving ETH from Ethereum into Hydration;
  • choosing between Wormhole and Snowbridge;
  • bringing USDC or USDT into Hydration;
  • moving assets between Polkadot Hub and Hydration;
  • using an asset that is already on Base;
  • understanding the fees, liquidity, and risks behind a route.

A guide should not simply say:

“Click this button, then click that one.”

It should help users understand:

where they are starting → where they are going → how they get there → what they give up → what they gain → what they must trust → where the evidence is.

Deeper context

Research

Cypress Research goes deeper into issues related to Base, Polkadot Hub, Hydration, and the routes leading into or out of these networks.

Topics may include:

  • protocols;
  • liquidity;
  • tokenomics;
  • governance;
  • network architecture;
  • transaction behavior;
  • fees;
  • bridges;
  • lending;
  • staking;
  • LPs;
  • market structure.

Cypress does not need to research everything in crypto.

Cypress only needs to understand deeply what it chooses to talk about.

Operating principles

Principles

Easy to verify

Important claims should be independently checkable.

Hard to fake

Cypress domains, contracts, and official sources should be easy to recognize.

Hard to capture

Financial interests should be disclosed and should not quietly determine recommendations.

Hard to erase

Important knowledge should not depend on a single social network or platform.

The wallet holds the keys.

The user decides.

Cypress only says what it can verify.