# Kintsu — Composable Liquid Staking on Monad & Hyperliquid

> Kintsu is a composable liquid staking protocol on Monad and Hyperliquid. Users stake gas tokens (MON or HYPE), receive liquid staking tokens (sMON or sHYPE), and use those LSTs across 60+ DeFi integrations — all while earning staking yield and MEV rewards. Governed by an onchain representative democracy with the KSU governance token. Audited by Spearbit and Nethermind. Built by Water Cooler Studios.

- Stake MON → receive sMON (ERC-20 liquid staking token). sMON is reward-bearing: balance stays fixed, but each sMON appreciates in MON value as staking rewards compound.
- Stake HYPE → receive sHYPE on Hyperliquid. Same reward-bearing mechanism.
- superMON is a curated DeFi yield vault on Monad, managed by top high-frequency traders.
- KSU is the governance token controlling validator delegation weights and DAO evolution.
- 60+ ecosystem partners across DEXes, lending, restaking, perpetuals, and gaming.

## Product Pages

- [Home](https://kintsu.xyz/): Landing page and product overview
- [Stake MON](https://kintsu.xyz/staking): Stake MON, receive sMON on Monad
- [Unstake](https://kintsu.xyz/unstaking): Unstake sMON and redeem MON
- [Earn](https://kintsu.xyz/earn): Earn yield with liquid staking vaults
- [superMON Vault](https://kintsu.xyz/earn/supermon): Curated DeFi yield vault on Monad
- [Swap](https://kintsu.xyz/swap): Cross-chain token swap
- [Points](https://kintsu.xyz/points): Earn points, compete on leaderboards, referral rewards
- [DAO](https://kintsu.xyz/dao): Governance proposals, validator registry, and NFTs
- [Ecosystem](https://kintsu.xyz/ecosystem): 60+ ecosystem partners and integrations
- [Explore](https://kintsu.xyz/explore): Quests and ecosystem discovery
- [Analytics](https://kintsu.xyz/analytics): Protocol analytics and TVL data
- [Blog](https://kintsu.xyz/blog): Articles and updates

## Public APIs

- [APY History API](https://kintsu.xyz/api/public/apy): GET — historical APY data (query: days=1–365, default 30). Returns daily APY values and latest formatted APY.
- [Points Leaderboard API](https://kintsu.xyz/api/public/points): GET — points leaderboard (query: addresses, limit=1–1000, page). Returns ranked point totals.
- [Validators API](https://kintsu.xyz/api/public/validators): GET — validator registry data.
- [OpenAPI Specification](https://kintsu.xyz/openapi): Full API schema in YAML format.

## Smart Contracts

- sMON (StakedMonad) on Monad Mainnet (Chain ID 143): `0xA3227C5969757783154C60bF0bC1944180ed81B9`
- StakedMonad Vault on Monad Testnet (Chain ID 10143): `0xe1d2439b75fb9746E7Bc6cB777Ae10AA7f7ef9c5`
- StakedHype Vault on Hyperliquid (Chain ID 999): `0xDDC126c12F9F8DF5a6fC273f6D43C1E21b4d2945`
- sHYPE Token on Hyperliquid (Chain ID 999): `0xBeF0142A0955a7d5dcCe5C2A13Fb84E332669D2d`

## Documentation

- [Introduction](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/): Protocol overview
- [How It Works](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/how-it-works): Core staking mechanism
- [Staking and Unstaking](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/staking-and-unstaking-with-kintsu): Step-by-step guide
- [Earning Yield](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/earning-yield): Yield compounding explained
- [Architecture and Integration](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/architecture-and-integration): Technical architecture
- [Official Contract Addresses](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/official-contract-addresses): All deployed contracts
- [Kintsu on Monad](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/supported-blockchains/kintsu-on-monad): Monad-specific details
- [Kintsu on Hyperliquid](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/supported-blockchains/kintsu-on-hyperliquid): Hyperliquid-specific details
- [Definitions](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/the-kintsu-protocol/definitions): Key terms and concepts
- [Points API Docs](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/public-api/points): Points API documentation
- [APY API Docs](https://docs.kintsu.xyz/public-api/apy): APY API documentation

## Legal

- [Terms of Service](https://kintsu.xyz/terms-service)
- [Privacy Policy](https://kintsu.xyz/privacy-policy)
- [Cookie Policy](https://kintsu.xyz/cookie-policy)
- [Risk Disclosure](https://kintsu.xyz/earn/risk-disclosure)

## Optional

- [Discord](https://discord.gg/kintsu): Community and support
- [Twitter/X](https://x.com/Kintsu): Official account
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@kintsu_xyz): Blog and updates
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kintsu-xyz/posts/?feedView=all): Company page
- [Audit Reports](https://github.com/WaterCoolerStudiosInc/Kintsu-Audits): Spearbit and Nethermind security audits
- [Brand Guidelines](https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/19TJaT8y0jdwdDxt-lIbaBZ1LzfLtriQB): In-app brand book
- [Branding Assets](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1viWZzeYZDOGzo8WCZlCjNEpKN_VymwJk): Download logos and branding for approved use
- [Full LLM Context](https://kintsu.xyz/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive protocol details for deeper LLM analysis