Problem-first guide
On-Chain Secrets Manager for Trading Bots
Trading systems fail hard when credentials leak. DeadVault helps you protect bot secrets with local AES-256-GCM encryption and on-chain ciphertext storage across Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Optimism.
Typical bot secret-management risks
- Shared plain-text env files across multiple runtimes.
- Single backend vault compromises affecting all strategies.
- No verifiable history for secret updates and rollbacks.
- Weak incident-response paths for emergency key rotation.
DeadVault architecture for bots
- Encrypt exchange keys client-side before storage.
- Store encrypted payloads via DeadVault contract writes.
- Decrypt at runtime only inside your bot process boundary.
Integrating with Node.js trading systems
import { DeadVault } from "@deadvault/sdk";
const vault = new DeadVault({ chain: "arbitrum" });
const vaultData = await vault.read({
address: process.env.BOT_WALLET,
password: process.env.VAULT_PASSWORD,
walletSignature: process.env.VAULT_SIG,
});