# Purpose of MAYZ Protocol

The purpose of the MAYZ Protocol, or simply the **Protocol**, is to provide **Users** with a decentralized finance (DeFi) tool to facilitate their investments in network-native tokens.

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The **Protocol** will offer the service of **decentralized investment funds** built on the Cardano network through a series of **smart contracts**, which we will also call **Contracts**. The Smart Contracts will contain the logic and rules of the investment funds, allowing for automated and transparent investment management. These Contracts will have an interface to interact with through a website, the **Protocol Portal**. Throughout this text, we will also call these investment funds simply **Funds**.

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The Protocol will have an associated utility token, the **$MAYZ Token**, providing access to certain administrative functionalities.

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Each investment fund will be defined by an **Investment Unit** consisting of several tokens, and the Investment Unit may be adjustable.

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Each **Fund** will have a **Liquidity Provider Token** or **LP** token representing its participation. There will be as many LP tokens as Investment Units will be deposited in the **Fund**.

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**Users** who wish to invest in the **Cardano** ecosystem quickly and securely will be able to do so by simply holding these LP tokens in their wallets. They will have different mechanisms to access the LP tokens of a Fund, and they can do so through the secondary market, the **Swap Contract**, the **Escrow Contract**, or by interacting directly with the **Fund Contract**.