FAQ

Does Botanary ever hold my funds?

No. Every asset stays in your own smart account; nothing is pooled into a shared or intermediary balance anywhere, even though your balance is shown to you as one unified number. See Balances.

Does Botanary ever sign on my behalf?

No. Every state-changing action - a send, a swap, a delegation, a rule change, a freeze - is built by the backend as an unsigned operation. You (or an authorized device or session key) sign it client-side; Botanary only ever relays what's already signed. See How it works.

Do I need the chain's native token to transact?

Not necessarily. You can pay a transaction's fee out of a stablecoin balance instead, where that payment method is available for your account and chain - see Gas for how that works and what's actually offered.

What happens if I lose my device?

If you've set up guardians, they can restore access by rotating your account to a new device you control - guardians can only ever do this, never spend from your account. See Recovery.

What if my device might be compromised, not just lost?

Use freeze, not recovery. Recovery briefly leaves the lost device still valid while it swaps in the new one, which is fine for a device you've simply misplaced but not for one someone else might hold. Freezing is instant and reversible. See Recovery and The smart account.

What happens if a stablecoin I hold depegs?

Today, Botanary tells you: every held stablecoin's peg status is monitored and shown to you, including an honest "unknown" when it can't be checked. Moving out of a depegging position is something you decide and do yourself, the same as any other send or swap - there's no automated response yet. See Depeg protection.

Can an agent I hire spend without limits?

No. An agent only ever acts under a mandate - a bounded, revocable grant limited to specific venues, recipients, and spend caps - and every proposal it makes is previewed and can be declined before you're ever asked to confirm it. See Agents.

Which chains can I use?

Every testnet Botanary supports is available now. Mainnets are recognized in the product but unlock over time; check GET /chains for what's actually live at any given moment. See Chains & networks.

Can I trade tokenized stocks?

Not yet. Equities on the Markets surface are real and browsable, but every row is currently read-only

• there's no buy or sell path for them in this version. See Trade.

How is a delegation different from my own account rules?

Your account's own rules (AgentGuard) govern actions you take directly from your account. A delegation governs a specific delegate you've granted authority to - a dApp, an automation, or a mandate for an agent. They're enforced at different points, by different mechanisms, and a rule set in one place has no effect on the other. See Rules & AgentGuard and Delegations.