What Is Radix?

Radix is a full-stack Layer-1 blockchain built from the ground up for decentralized finance. With the Radix Engine, Scrypto smart-contract language, and Cerberus consensus, it offers secure asset handling, high composability between dApps, and a smooth UX designed to deliver intuitive decentralized finance at scale.

Getting Started: Install the Radix Wallet

1. Download the official Radix Wallet for mobile and install the Radix Wallet Connector
   browser extension.
2. Complete RadQuest (optional) to learn the basics of Radix transactions and UX.

Bridging to Radix

To start using the Radix DeFi ecosystem, you first need to bridge assets from a supported network. You can use the Radix-native front-end for the Hyperlane permissionless bridge, Astrolescent.

The bridge allows you to send assets from other networks to Radix. You can easily transfer assets like USDC, wBTC, or ETH from chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Solana, Base, BSC, and others.

Step-by-Step Bridging Process with Astrolescent

1. Select your details:
   
   • Select the token you wish to send from any of the supported chains (e.g., selling USDC from Ethereum).
   • Select the token you wish to receive on the Radix network (the wrapped version of the asset).
   • Amount: Enter the specific amount of tokens you are selling.
2. Connect Wallets: Click the Connect Wallet button.
   
   • Connect the wallet of the chain you are bridging from. This wallet holds the funds you are bridging.
   • You will also connect your Radix Wallet to act as the recipient address for the tokens you are receiving on Radix.
3. Initiate the Bridge: After reviewing all details, click the Bridge button. Confirm as necessary in the sending wallet after checking the details are correct.

Explore Radix dApps

Radix has a growing ecosystem of decentralized applications including DEXs (Ociswap, CaviarNine, DeFiPlaza), lending markets (Root Finance, Weft Finance), NFT platforms (XRDegen), games, and more. Because Radix is asset-oriented, these dApps benefit from native token behavior, human-readable transactions, and true composability.

Certain decentralized applications, such as Atomix (a Peer-to-Peer trading platform) and Bullring (a live auction platform), are exclusively possible on Radix because they leverage the power of Subintents. This unique Radix feature enables advanced use cases like making a direct offer to buy an NFT or token from another user, delivered straight to their wallet. The recipient can instantly accept the offer, resulting in a pure peer-to-peer exchange with no slippage, or waiting time. 

Visit the Radix Ecosystem Directory to find Radix dApps, or simply tap the dApps section in your Radix Wallet.

Radix Rewards

Radix Rewards offers up to 1 billion XRD to participants for trading, lending/borrowing or simply interacting with selected Radix dApps. Season 1 begins with a 100 million XRD core pool, which can grow to 200 million XRD if the community reaches key adoption milestones. Rewards scale with usage, meaning the more people participate, the bigger the pool for everyone.

How It Works 

1. Activity Points (AP)

These are your “weekly points.”

You earn AP by:

• Swapping tokens
• Providing liquidity on supported pools
• Lending/borrowing
• Using integrated Radix dApps

The more you use Radix DeFi, the more AP you collect. You can see the full list of activities you can undertake to earn AP here.

2. Season Points (SP)

At the end of each week, your AP converts into SP,  and these Season Points determine your share of the XRD rewards pool.

3. XRD/LSU Multiplier (Up to 3×)

Holding or staking XRD (or LSUs) across your linked accounts boosts every SP you earn.

• More XRD or LSUs = higher multiplier
  
  
• Maximum multiplier: 3×
  
  
• Passive holders don’t earn, active users with real participation do
  
  

More usage + more XRD = more rewards.

How to Join Radix Rewards

1. Download the Radix Wallet.
   
   
2. Get XRD,  you need at least $50 of XRD or LSUs across linked accounts.
   
   
3. Bridge assets (USDC, ETH, wBTC, USDT, etc.) via Hyperlane using the Astrolescent interface.
   
   
4. Enroll your wallet and accounts at https://incentives.radixdlt.com
   
   
5. Start using Radix DeFi like you would normally do: swapping, lending, LPing, and interacting with supported dApps.
   
   
6. Watch your SP  accumulate over the season.

The campaign features a referral code that grants you 5% of every referred person’s points. You can find your code in the “Ranking” section of Radix Rewards.

Staking XRD Tokens 

Staking is essential to securing the Radix network while earning emissions, and it's also a key component of the Radix Rewards program multiplier. You can participate by delegating your XRD tokens to a chosen validator node. This process helps secure the network's consensus mechanism without requiring you to run complex infrastructure yourself. 

By staking your XRD, or holding LSUs (Liquid Stake Units), you not only earn the standard staking rewards but also qualify for a multiplier (up to 3x) on the Season Points (SP) you earn in Radix Rewards. This means that active participation in DeFi combined with staking your XRD maximizes your potential rewards.

Building on Radix

For developers, Radix is engineered to provide the shortest path from idea to secure, atomically composable dApps. At the core of this experience is Scrypto, Radix's asset-oriented smart contract programming language, which is based on Rust.

How is Scrypto different?

• Asset-Oriented Programming: Unlike traditional languages where tokens (or "resources" in Radix terminology) are implemented by developers inside a smart contract, Scrypto makes them a native, first-class feature of the language and the Radix Engine. This means the platform itself provides the logic for secure asset behavior, removing the burden from the developer.
• Security by Design: This approach makes entire classes of DeFi exploits, common on other chains, impossible by design. The platform handles the low-level security of assets, allowing developers to focus purely on their unique business logic.
• Speed and Reusability: Scrypto splits the concept of a smart contract into a Blueprint (the reusable logic) and a Component (the live, instantiated contract). This, combined with the built-in asset handling, massively speeds up development. For example, a complex dApp like a DEX that might require hundreds of lines of Solidity can be written in a fraction of the code using Scrypto.
• And so much more!

If you are a builder looking to create secure and innovative DeFi products, learning Scrypto is the first step. You can start here.

Join the Community

Join the conversation and connect with the Radix community on Telegram and keep up with news on X! You can stay updated with the latest news and ask questions directly to fellow members and core contributors.

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