Exchange integration guidelines

 

Cardano managed UTXO's

In some cases, exchanges prefer not to have to worry about the following tasks:

• coin selection
• address generation
• transaction generation
• transaction signing and submission to the blockchain

In which case the following components are recommended:

• cardano-wallet
• API Documentation

optional local explorer:

• cardano-graphql
• cardano-rosetta

 

Cardano unmanaged UTXO's

In other cases, exchanges prefer to have full control and manage

• coin selection
• address generation
• transaction generation
• transaction signing and submission to the blockchain

In which case the following components are recommended:

• cardano-serialization-lib
• submit-tx-api

or

• cardano-rosetta

optional local explorer:

• cardano-graphql
• cardano-rosetta