Avail launches ShieldTX, creating separate wallets for Hyperliquid perpetual positions
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Avail announced the launch of ShieldTX, reducing the ability of copy-trading bots to link positions by creating a separate wallet for each perpetual-contract position.
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Avail launches ShieldTX, a privacy trading tool for Hyperliquid, creating a separate wallet for each position to prevent copy-trading bots
PANews October 28 According to The Block, Avail announced the launch of ShieldTX. The tool is designed for Hyperliquid traders and creates a new, separate wallet for each perpetual-contract position, making it difficult for copy-trading bots to link these positions to the same trader. ShieldTX analyzed 30 wallets that traded on Hyperliquid over 332,317 days, and found that the median additional execution cost per trade for leading traders targeted by copy trading was 63 basis points. User deposits are held in a vault contract on Arbitrum, underpinned by Avail's zero-knowledge privacy infrastructure, Nightshade. The private beta began on July, with 75 traders participating and trading volume of approximately 50000000 USD，...
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Key points
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PANews, citing The Block, reported that Avail announced the launch of ShieldTX.
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ShieldTX is designed for Hyperliquid traders and creates a separate wallet for each perpetual-contract position.
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ShieldTX analyzed 30 wallets that traded on Hyperliquid over 332,317 days.
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The analysis found that the median additional execution cost per trade for leading traders targeted by copy trading was 63 basis points.
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User funds are held in a vault contract on Arbitrum, underpinned by Avail's zero-knowledge privacy infrastructure, Nightshade.
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The private beta began on July, with 75 traders participating and trading volume of approximately 50000000 USD。
AI-assisted interpretation
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Copy-trading bots monitor traders' wallets and replicate their positions. ShieldTX uses a different wallet for each perpetual-contract position, making it more difficult for bots to determine whether multiple positions belong to the same trader.
Why it matters to readers
If this wallet-isolation approach is effective, it could reduce the additional execution costs incurred by leading traders due to copy trading and add use cases for Avail's privacy infrastructure.
Beginners can think of it as assigning a new address to each position, reducing the likelihood that trading activity will be tracked and replicated centrally; however, the original article does not explain access methods, fees, or operational complexity for ordinary users.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence is a PANews report citing The Block and does not include a link to an official Avail announcement.
The original text is truncated with an ellipsis, so the complete terms, launch scope, and integration method cannot be confirmed.
The evidence cannot confirm the actual effectiveness of the independent wallet mechanism in preventing copy-trading bots.
The evidence does not provide security audit information for Nightshade or the vault contract.
The evidence does not explain how product fees, compliance restrictions, or private-beta data are to be verified.
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Perpetual Contract
A derivative contract with no expiration date, designed for continuous holding, whose funding rate mechanism helps keep its price close to that of the underlying asset.
