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# Circuit Breakers

Arcadia uses [Hexagate](https://www.hexagate.com/)'s monitoring tools to detect suspicious contract deployments and transactions. An automated pause mechanism is set up such that on suspicious events, the whole protocol can be paused minimizing the risk of exploits.