# Technical Specifications ***Blockchain Infrastructure:*** * **Platform:** Cortux is built on the Ethereum blockchain, leveraging its robust and widely adopted infrastructure to ensure security, scalability, and interoperability. * **Consensus Mechanism:** Utilizes Ethereum's Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism to validate transactions efficiently and sustainably. * **Smart Contracts:** Cortux employs audited and secure smart contracts written in Solidity to automate transactions and enforce agreements within the ecosystem. ***CRX Token Details:*** * **Token Standard:** ERC-20 compliant, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of wallets and exchanges. * **Total Supply:** 1,000,000,000 CRX tokens are minted, with no further tokens to be created, ensuring scarcity and value stability. * **Decimal Places:** 18, allowing for precise and flexible transactions. ***Security Protocols:*** * **Smart Contract Audits:** All smart contracts undergo rigorous third-party audits to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities before deployment. * **Encryption Standards:** Implements advanced AES-256 encryption for data security, ensuring all sensitive information is securely stored and transmitted. * **Multi-Signature Wallets:** Utilizes multi-signature (multi-sig) protocols for added security in fund management, requiring multiple approvals for significant transactions. * **DDoS Protection:** Employs robust Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection mechanisms to ensure platform availability and resilience against attacks. ***Scalability Solutions:*** * **Layer 2 Integration:** Integrates Layer 2 solutions such as Polygon (formerly Matic) to facilitate faster and cheaper transactions, enhancing user experience during high network congestion. * **Sharding:** Plans to adopt Ethereum's sharding capabilities to distribute network load and increase transaction throughput as the ecosystem grows. ***Mobile Wallet Specifications:*** * **Compatibility:** Available on both iOS and Android platforms, ensuring wide accessibility. * **Biometric Security:** Supports fingerprint and facial recognition for secure and convenient access. * **Seed Phrase Backup:** Provides users with a 12 or 24-word seed phrase for wallet recovery, emphasizing user control over funds. * **Real-Time Updates:** Features real-time balance updates and transaction notifications, keeping users informed of their account activity. ***E-Commerce Platform Features:*** * **API Integration:** Offers comprehensive APIs for seamless integration with various merchant platforms and services. * **Payment Gateway Support:** Supports multiple payment gateways, including traditional payment methods and various cryptocurrencies, enhancing flexibility. * **Inventory Management:** Includes sophisticated inventory tracking and management tools for merchants to efficiently handle their product offerings. * **User Interface:** Designed with a responsive and intuitive UI/UX, providing a seamless shopping experience across devices. ***Investment Platform Features:*** * **Portfolio Tracking:** Allows users to monitor and analyze their investments with detailed metrics and analytics tools. * **Automated Trading Bots:** Provides access to AI-driven trading bots that execute strategies based on real-time market data and predefined parameters. * **Risk Management Tools:** Includes features such as stop-loss orders and diversification recommendations to help users manage and mitigate investment risks. * **Educational Resources:** Offers a library of tutorials, webinars, and articles to educate users about DeFi, investment strategies, and market trends. ***Development and Testing:*** * **Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):** Employs CI/CD pipelines to streamline development processes, ensuring rapid and reliable updates and deployments. * **Testing Frameworks:** Utilizes comprehensive testing frameworks, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, to maintain high software quality and reliability. * **Open-Source Contributions:** Encourages community contributions through open-source repositories, fostering transparency and collaborative improvement. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cortux.net/cortux-docs/appendices/technical-specifications.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.