# ✨ Introduction ### What is AstroSwap? AstroSwap is a V3-based decentralized exchange (DEX) deployed on X Layer. Our focus is to provide the X Layer ecosystem with a core spot trading and liquidity infrastructure that delivers higher capital efficiency and lower slippage. *** ### Why X Layer? * User & Capital Gateway: The X Layer ecosystem is rapidly growing, and native users need a reliable, efficient DEX infrastructure. * Low Cost & High Performance: Optimized for frequent liquidity management (rebalancing, repositioning) and high-frequency trading. *** ### Highlights * Concentrated Liquidity Liquidity providers (LPs) can allocate capital within custom price ranges, covering larger trading volumes with less capital and maximizing potential fee earnings. * Low-Slippage Swaps Fine-grained curves and optimized routing deliver smoother trade execution, even for major pairs and large orders. * Composable by Design Contract interfaces follow industry-standard V3 patterns, making it easy for aggregators, market makers, algorithmic strategies, and other DeFi protocols to integrate. * Security First Built with minimized external dependencies, layered permission management, formal testing, and security audits as core principles. * Ecosystem Ready Designed to grow alongside the X Layer ecosystem, with plans to integrate into major routing and wallet entry points. --- # 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.astroswap.org/overview/introduction.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.