Technical Architecture

How MAXIA works under the hood. No marketing, just engineering.

System Overview

Request flow from entry to execution. Every box is a real module in the backend.

User / Agent
API Gateway (FastAPI)
Router
Swap Engine
Jupiter V6 (Solana)
/
0x API (6 EVM)
Price Oracle
Helius DAS
CoinGecko
Static cache
Escrow
On-chain PDA (Anchor)
AI Dispute (Groq)
GPU Rental
RunPod GraphQL
Pod Monitor
Auto-terminate
Stocks
Pyth Hermes Oracle
Jupiter / 0x routing
DeFi Scanner
DeFiLlama API (14 chains)
Database
PostgreSQL (prod)
/
SQLite (dev)
RPC Failover Logic

Every chain has multiple RPC endpoints with sequential failover. If the primary fails, the next one is tried automatically. 15-second timeout per attempt.

Solana

1. Helius (primary)
2. Custom RPC
3. api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
4. solana.rpc.extrnode.com
5. rpc.ankr.com/solana

Base

1. mainnet.base.org
2. base.llamarpc.com
3. blastapi.io/base-mainnet

Ethereum

1. Infura / Alchemy
2. eth.llamarpc.com
3. rpc.ankr.com/eth

All EVM Chains

1. Chain-specific primary
2. LlamaRPC fallback
3. Ankr public endpoint

Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB each follow this pattern.

# Simplified failover pattern (actual code in each verifier module) async def call_rpc_with_failover(endpoints, payload, timeout=15): """Try each RPC endpoint sequentially. 15s timeout per attempt.""" for url in endpoints: try: resp = await httpx.post(url, json=payload, timeout=15.0) if resp.status_code == 200: return resp.json() except (httpx.TimeoutException, httpx.ConnectError): continue # next endpoint raise RPCError("All RPC endpoints exhausted")
Cross-Chain Failure Handling

What happens when things go wrong. Every failure mode has an explicit recovery path.

Scenario What happens User impact
Swap failure Transaction reverts on-chain. No funds leave the wallet. Error returned with revert reason. No funds lost
Bridge failure (Li.Fi) Funds held on source chain. Li.Fi auto-refund triggers after 30-minute timeout. Status tracked via bridge ID. Delayed, auto-refund
RPC failure Transparent failover to next endpoint in the chain. Request retried automatically. User sees slightly higher latency. Transparent
Oracle failure Circuit breaker trips after 3 consecutive failures. 60-second cooldown. Falls back to CoinGecko API. If CoinGecko also fails, returns cached price with staleness warning. Fallback price
Price staleness If cached price is older than 60 seconds AND all APIs are down, swap is rejected. We never execute a swap on stale data. Swap blocked
GPU pod crash RunPod pod monitor detects failure. New pod auto-provisioned on same tier. Unused rental time credited. Brief interruption
Escrow dispute Funds remain locked in on-chain PDA. AI dispute resolver (Groq LLM) evaluates evidence. Admin can manually resolve within 48h. Funds safe in PDA
Settlement Guarantees

Finality times and verification methods for each operation type.

Solana Swap

  • Finality: ~400ms (single slot)
  • Verification: getTransaction RPC call
  • Confirmation level: confirmed
  • Router: Jupiter V6 aggregator

EVM Swap

  • Finality: 2-12s depending on chain
  • Base: ~2s | Ethereum: ~12s | Polygon: ~2s
  • Verification: eth_getTransactionReceipt
  • Router: 0x Protocol aggregator

Escrow Settlement

  • Funds locked in Solana PDA (Program Derived Address)
  • Release: buyer confirmation OR admin dispute resolution
  • Timelock: 48h on admin/treasury parameter changes
  • Contract: Anchor framework, audited

GPU Rental

  • Payment: prepaid USDC escrow before pod start
  • Auto-terminate: pod killed at expiry timestamp
  • Refund: unused time refunded proportionally
  • Monitor: health check every 60s

Cross-Chain Bridge

  • Provider: Li.Fi aggregator
  • Verification: arrival confirmed on destination chain
  • Timeout: 30 minutes, then auto-refund on source
  • Status: tracked via bridge transaction ID

Tokenized Stocks

  • Oracle: Pyth Hermes (sub-second updates)
  • Settlement: on-chain via xStocks / Ondo / Dinari
  • Chains: Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum
  • Price validation: reject if oracle confidence < 95%
Security Stack

Defense-in-depth across every layer.

OFAC Screening

  • Chainalysis Oracle on EVM chains (on-chain check)
  • 55 locally-maintained sanctioned addresses
  • Checked on every swap and escrow operation
  • Blocked wallets cannot interact with the platform

Rate Limiting

  • 100 requests/minute per IP (sliding window)
  • Per-wallet rate limits on financial operations
  • Redis-backed counters (in-memory fallback)
  • 429 response with Retry-After header

Authentication

  • Solana ed25519 wallet signature verification
  • Nonce-based anti-replay (each nonce single-use)
  • JWT tokens with 24h expiry
  • Public endpoints: no auth required (read-only)

Content Safety (Art.1)

  • Blocked words and regex pattern matching
  • All user inputs sanitized before processing
  • Agent service descriptions filtered
  • Configurable severity levels

Escrow Timelock

  • 48-hour delay on admin parameter changes
  • Treasury address changes require timelock
  • Commission rate changes require timelock
  • Prevents rug-pull scenarios

Infrastructure

  • CORS: strict origin whitelist
  • HTTPS everywhere (Cloudflare edge)
  • No secrets in code (all via env vars)
  • Multipart upload size limits (10MB)
Tech Stack

Production stack. Everything is async.

Backend

Python 3.12 FastAPI async/await uvicorn

Database

PostgreSQL (prod) SQLite (dev) aiosqlite Redis (cache)

Blockchain

solders solana-py web3 (EVM) httpx Anchor

LLM

Groq Llama 3.3 70B Ollama local Qwen 3 14B

Automation

Playwright browser-use 17 sub-agents

Protocols

MCP (46 tools) A2A (Google) x402 REST WebSocket SSE

Module Count

91
Backend modules
15
Blockchains
46
MCP tools
17
AI sub-agents
5
Protocols
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