A high-performance Layer 1 for decentralized derivatives with a fully on-chain order book, offering low-latency, low-fee execution and using HYPE as native gas.
Hyperliquid is a performance-optimized Layer-1 mainnet with HYPE as its native currency, purpose-built for on-chain, orderbook-based trading across perpetual futures, spot, and options with a unified cross‑margin risk engine. It targets exchange-grade performance with sub-second finality, gas fees typically under a cent, and high throughput (thousands of TPS) observed on public dashboards—enabling high-frequency market making, vault strategies, and programmatic trading.
Hyperliquid is unique for running a fully on-chain central limit order book and risk engine on an application-specific L1, using a mempool-less design to minimize MEV and latency while preserving deterministic fairness. Compared with general-purpose networks like Ethereum (higher fees and multi-second blocks), Hyperliquid delivers sub-second blocks, sub-cent gas, and thousands-TPS throughput; versus other perps appchains, it keeps matching on-chain for transparency and unified cross-margin across spot, perps, and options.
Hyperliquid uses HYPE as the gas token for transaction fees. You can obtain HYPE by bridging from other chains or purchasing using thirdweb Bridge.
To bridge HYPE to Hyperliquid, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select Hyperliquid as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on Hyperliquid you can use thirdweb, which provides an easy way to build, monetize and scale your apps, games or agents. You can find detailed guides and documentation on https://portal.thirdweb.com to get started quickly.
To add Hyperliquid to your wallet, you can connect your wallet and click on [Add to Wallet] button at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can add the network manually using the RPC URL and chain details and add it to your wallet's network settings.
To send HYPE on Hyperliquid, ensure your wallet is connected to the Hyperliquid network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of HYPE to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.