What "non-custodial" means

Your funds never touch roodswap

Non-custodial means roodswap never holds your money. When you swap, bridge, sell, or send, the tokens move from your wallet straight to the destination token or address. They do not pass through an account we control. There is no roodswap balance, no deposit step, and no withdrawal step.

roodswap is a tool that finds the best route and builds the transaction. You own the funds the entire time.

Your keys stay with you

You connect your own wallet — the one you already use, EVM or Solana. Your private keys stay in that wallet. roodswap never sees them, stores them, or asks for them.

Every transaction is built by roodswap and signed by you. Nothing leaves your wallet until you approve it. If you do not sign, nothing moves.

Nothing to deposit or withdraw

Custodial services make you fund an account first, then let you trade the balance they hold. roodswap does not work that way. You keep your tokens in your own wallet and trade directly from it.

There is no account to top up, no withdrawal to request, and nothing of yours sitting on our side waiting to be released. There are no accounts, no sign-up, and no KYC.

What this means for your safety

Because funds never touch us, roodswap cannot hold, freeze, move, or recover them. We cannot reverse a trade, claw back a transfer, or unlock a wallet. This is the trade-off of self-custody: full control, full responsibility.

• roodswap cannot freeze or seize your funds.
• roodswap cannot move your funds without your signature.
• roodswap cannot recover funds sent to the wrong address or chain.
• Crypto transactions are irreversible once they land on-chain.

Always verify before you sign

No one can undo a signed transaction, so the check happens before you sign, not after. roodswap always shows you the minimum you will receive after fees and gas. Read it.

1. 1
   Check the tokens

   Confirm the token you are sending and the token you are receiving are the ones you meant.

2. 2
   Check the chains

   Confirm the source chain and destination chain are correct, especially for cross-chain moves.

3. 3
   Check the destination address

   For sends and cross-ecosystem swaps, confirm the receiving address is right. It cannot be changed after signing.

4. 4
   Check the minimum received

   Read the minimum output shown in the quote. That is the least you will get after the 0.1% service fee, network gas, and the underlying route fee.

5. 5
   Then sign

   Only approve in your wallet once every field above is correct.