> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.defindex.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# WhitePaper

> DeFindex White Paper 1.0 (2024): the protocol design behind the factory, vaults and strategies.

The DeFindex White Paper 1.0 (PaltaLabs, 2024) describes the protocol as first designed: the
factory, vault, strategy and zapper contracts, the roles that manage a vault, how rates and APY
are computed, and the prior art it learned from. It is a frozen, dated document. Where it and these docs disagree, the docs describe the protocol as it
runs today.

> [card] [DeFindex White Paper 1.0 (PDF)](https://www.defindex.io/defindex-whitepaper-1.0.pdf)
>
> Download or open the full white paper.


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