# Aster Privacy & Security - Hidden Orders, Shield Mode & OpSec | Asterpedia

> Protect your trading activity on Aster: hidden encrypted orders, Shield Mode, self-custody, and wallet OpSec best practices for private decentralized trading.

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PRIVACY & SECURITY

# Trade Privately. Trade Securely.

Hidden orders, Shield Mode, self-custody, and wallet OpSec — how Aster keeps your positions and funds private.

## Privacy Is Built Into Aster

Aster is a perpetuals exchange with order confidentiality in the protocol rather than bolted on top. Its signature feature is hidden, encrypted orders: an order is encrypted before it reaches the chain and decrypted only at execution, so resting size and direction stay out of the public order book. That withholds from front-runners, MEV bots and position hunters the information they work from. It is not anonymity, and it does not make a position invisible once it fills. Read [how Aster's hidden orders work](https://asterpedia.com/privacy/aster-hidden-orders-explained) for the full mechanics.

## Shield Mode and Self-Custody

Shield Mode offers a simplified, AMM-style interface with built-in privacy and higher leverage for traders who want a one-click experience without exposing order details. Aster is self-custodial, so you connect a wallet and keep control of your funds, and it does not currently ask for identity verification. Self-custody moves the counterparty question rather than deleting it: the venue does not hold your balance, but smart contracts, the liquidity pools behind Simple mode, oracle feeds and the chains themselves all sit between you and your money. Aster describes extending the same encryption model on-chain through Aster Chain, which adds account privacy, ZK-verifiable encrypted orders and stealth addresses.

## Wallet OpSec Basics

On-chain privacy still depends on good operational security. Use a dedicated trading wallet, never share your seed phrase or private key with anyone claiming to offer support, and verify you are on the correct domain before connecting. No legitimate Aster support channel will ever ask for your keys. Combining Aster's hidden orders and Shield Mode with disciplined wallet hygiene gives you both protocol-level and personal privacy.

Privacy & Security

Protocol-level privacy

Hidden ordersYes

CustodySelf-custody

Identity verification to tradeNot currently required

Shield ModeOne-click

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[Privacy & Security10 min Aster Hidden Orders & Privacy: How Encrypted Trading Works (2026) How Aster's hidden encrypted orders reduce exposure to MEV and position-hunting. Shield Mode, the Aster Chain privacy L1, self-custody, and the limits explained.](https://asterpedia.com/privacy/aster-hidden-orders-explained)[Privacy & Security11 min What Aster's Security Audits Actually Found (Every Report, Read) All seven published audits of Aster's contracts, read end to end: findings by severity per report, what was fixed versus accepted, and what the audits never covered.](https://asterpedia.com/privacy/aster-security-audits)