# ShadeCash Introduction ## What is Shade.Cash? Shade.Cash is a decentralized protocol for private transactions on the Fantom Opera network.\ Shade achieves transaction privacy by breaking the on-chain link between the sender and the recipients address. A smart contract is used which accepts FTM deposits, this can then be withdrawn by any address. Once a withdrawal is done by a new address, there is no way to link the deposit to the withdrawal thus ensuring complete privacy. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://shadecash.gitbook.io/shadecash/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.