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Hi everyone — Delleon here 👋
In our first edition, I shared my journey through crypto, culminating in building Mantua Protocol. Today, I’m thrilled to reveal the blueprint behind Mantua — our mission, architecture, and how we’re turning programmable liquidity into a reality you can use today. Our whitepaper lays it all out, but I’m breaking it down here so you don’t miss a thing.
Decentralized finance has come a long way. We’ve moved from manual order books to automated market makers, opening opportunities for anyone to become a liquidity provider. But even today, providing liquidity feels like navigating a maze:
You must set narrow price ranges to avoid impermanent loss.
You have to constantly monitor market moves.
You rely on dashboards and complex tools just to keep up.
Meanwhile, Uniswap v4 introduced Hooks — smart contracts that allow liquidity pools to behave dynamically, from adjusting fees to implementing MEV protections. These are game-changing. Yet Hooks remain out of reach for most people because they require developer knowledge to deploy and manage.
Mantua Protocol was born to bridge that gap: by combining Uniswap v4 Hooks, natural language, and autonomous agents, we make programmable liquidity accessible to everyone, no coding required.
Mantua’s purpose is to unify the fragmented DeFi landscape into a single intelligent layer, enabling traders, liquidity providers, and developers to automate onchain activity through an intuitive conversational interface. We’re building a platform where your words become your strategy — executed seamlessly onchain.
The Mantua Protocol architecture is built on three core layers working together to make your liquidity smarter:
1️⃣ Natural Language Interface – This is the AI-powered front-end where you type or say commands like:
“Create a pool with 1% fees and a dynamic fee Hook.”
Our AI parses your intent and sends the instruction to the backend.
2️⃣ Hooks & Pool Infrastructure – This deep integration with Uniswap v4 allows you to deploy liquidity pools with programmable behaviors. Our library of prebuilt Hooks lets you implement strategies like dynamic fees or MEV-resistant swaps without writing a line of code.
3️⃣ Agent Layer – These are autonomous bots that execute strategies on your behalf. Agents can rebalance your positions, optimize fee tiers, or track token flows. You can deploy them instantly from templates or customize them step by step.
In practice, here’s what happens: you instruct an action → our AI understands and structures it → our backend executes it through smart contracts and Hooks → your agent monitors or adapts the position as needed.
Uniswap v4 Hooks are the heart of Mantua’s programmable liquidity system. Hooks let you inject custom logic into a pool’s behavior — something we’ve never seen before in AMMs. But Mantua takes this a step further:
No-code deployment: We provide a user-friendly interface so you can deploy pools with Hooks like dynamic fees or limit orders instantly.
Hook library: A growing collection of prebuilt Hooks, including dynamic fee adjustments based on market volatility, time-based LP rewards, or MEV-resistant liquidity strategies.
AI-guided recommendations: Our chatbot understands what you’re trying to achieve and suggests the best Hooks for your goals.
Hooks unlock programmable liquidity; Mantua unlocks Hooks for everyone.
One of the most exciting aspects of Mantua is our AI-driven agent system. Instead of manually micromanaging your liquidity, you can deploy persistent agents that act as your onchain team:
LP Manager Agent – Adjusts your liquidity ranges, optimizes fee tiers, and claims rewards on your behalf.
Swap Optimizer Agent – Monitors the market to find the best execution prices.
Research Agent – Tracks token flows, monitors whales, and alerts you to unusual liquidity behaviors.
These agents can be launched in seconds through natural commands like:
“Deploy a rebalance Agent on my ETH/USDC position.”
Agents take Mantua beyond a tool — they make it your onchain command center.
Mantua is designed for all DeFi users:
Liquidity Providers: Simplify deploying and managing liquidity; use advanced Hooks without technical expertise.
Developers: Test and deploy new Hook strategies directly through Mantua’s interface.
Analysts & Researchers: Query live onchain data in plain English to analyze pool behavior, token flows, or Hook performance.
We’re building for the people who power DeFi — and we’re giving them tools to operate smarter than ever.
Mantua will sustain itself and incentivize growth through a multi-layered model:
Hook usage fees on Mantua-deployed contracts.
Small routing fees on swaps or liquidity actions processed through Mantua.
Agent Template Marketplace: earn by building & selling agent strategies (like high-yield vault bots) to other users.
Our MVP has been a major milestone. We’ve already:
Launched the Mantua whitepaper.
Deployed the MVP on Base Sepolia testnet.
Completed essential flows: swapping tokens, creating pools, adding and removing liquidity.
This MVP isn’t a proof of concept — it’s a fully operational platform where you can test programmable liquidity today. We prioritized features that show the power of Hooks + AI + Agents:
Users can create pools with custom hooks or MEV protection directly from chat commands.
Liquidity management flows like adding/removing positions are fully integrated.
Early AI integrations let the system parse commands and recommend strategies.
Next, our plan includes:
Launching on Base Mainnet with the same powerful features.
Releasing the full Hook library and advanced agent templates.
Expanding AI reasoning capabilities for more sophisticated natural language commands.
Long-term, we’ll add LP dashboards, enable community governance, and introduce protocol token discussions to ensure Mantua grows with its users.
We’re committed to building Mantua transparently and with our community at the center. Our strategy includes:
Weekly updates and live demos to show real progress.
Targeted incentives for early Hook builders and LPs, including rewards and feature prioritization.
Educational content across newsletters, social posts, threads, and videos.
We want Mantua’s success to be our community’s success.
Programmable liquidity can’t exist without safety. Mantua’s security approach includes:
Modular Hook architecture: each Hook runs isolated to minimize systemic risk.
Audit-first deployments: every Hook, Agent, and contract will undergo rigorous audits before mainnet launch.
Permissioned agent workflows: nothing happens without your explicit approval.
For scaling, Mantua combines Base’s low-cost, high-throughput infrastructure with an intent-centric execution model and asynchronous agent design, ensuring we can handle thousands of users without bottlenecks.
We’re building Mantua to progressively decentralize. Initially, a founder-led model enables us to iterate quickly. Over time, governance of Hook listings, protocol fees, and major features will transition to token holders and the community. Developers will eventually publish Hooks and agents through a permissionless registry governed by Mantua stakeholders.
Our philosophy is simple: decentralize what matters, automate what can be automated, and empower users instead of gatekeepers.
We believe liquidity shouldn’t be dumb capital. Liquidity should adapt, evolve, and work for you. Mantua’s blend of Uniswap v4 Hooks, conversational AI, and autonomous agents makes programmable liquidity a reality today — not just a vision for tomorrow.
The future of DeFi is programmable, intelligent, and user-driven. By giving everyone the power to control their liquidity through natural language, Mantua unlocks a new era of accessible, powerful, and flexible financial infrastructure.
👉 Want to dive deeper? Read the full whitepaper here: Mantua Protocol Whitepaper
Thank you for being part of our journey.
— Delleon 🛠
Founder, Mantua Protocol
