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# Exchange Nodes

The exchange node within the JayX blockchain network is designed to fulfill a multifaceted role, centralizing critical functions that facilitate seamless trading and interoperability across various chains.<br>

The exchange achieves the security, inclusivity, censorship resistance that comes with a decentralized exchange while retaining the efficiency and liquidity of a centralized exchange by leveraging on chain abstraction to keep heavy orderbook activities and matchmaking off chain in the exchange node protocol and providing a copy of its implementation opensource so that anyone can participate in the execution of the orderbook and ensuring the fairness and transparency of the exchange.

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