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DeFund Finance

DeFund Finance is a Go-based sovereign rollup project built with Rollkit and Celestia data availability. Its documented design combines a hybrid orderbook-AMM spot exchange with planned hedged liquidity pools, options vaults and cross-network asset abstraction.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use the repository when exploring the project's architecture or following its local development instructions. Check the roadmap status before relying on a particular DeFi product.

Who it is for

  • Developers exploring a local Rollkit and Celestia-based DeFi rollup setup.
  • DeFi users assessing the project's documented spot exchange and planned liquidity or options products.

Documented uses

  • Set up the repository's CLI locally.
  • Start the documented local development environment.
  • Assess a hybrid orderbook-AMM exchange design.
  • Review planned options, hedged liquidity and cross-network asset features.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The repository documents Go, Kurtosis 1.0.0 and Hermes IBC relayer as prerequisites.
  • The README marks the hybrid DEX complete but lists options vaults and hedged liquidity pools as roadmap items.
  • The project describes Rollkit and Celestia as its rollup and data-availability stack.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install the DeFund CLI

Clone the repository and install its CLI locally.

Before you start

  • Go
  • Kurtosis 1.0.0

Steps

  1. Clone https://github.com/defund-labs/defund.

  2. Change into the defund repository directory.

  3. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    make install

Expected outcome

The repository's CLI is installed locally.

Guide limitations

  • The README lists Go and Kurtosis 1.0.0 as requirements for installation.
  • The instructions do not describe CLI commands or further use.
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Source-based practical guide

Start the local development environment

Run DeFund in the documented local development mode.

Before you start

  • Go
  • Kurtosis 1.0.0 installed and running
  • Hermes IBC relayer

Steps

  1. Clone https://github.com/defund-labs/defund.

  2. Change into the defund repository directory.

  3. With Kurtosis 1.0.0 installed and running, run kurtosis run ..

Expected outcome

The documented local-mode setup is started.

Guide limitations

  • The README lists Go, Kurtosis 1.0.0 and Hermes IBC relayer as prerequisites.
  • The instructions describe local development mode, not production deployment.
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17 October 2026
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