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## What is a CoverPool
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A **CoverPool** is a specialized, risk-isolated coverage instance within Catalysis that holds committed delegations from restakers. It aggregates **slashable** delegations from restakers into a pool of **raw coverage capacity** that can be allocated to underwrite specific institutional & real-world risks.
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Each CoverPool is risk-isolated in terms of both legal underwriting & economic risk exposure.
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CoverPools act as the primary marketplace entity that connects **restakers (capacity providers)**, **curators (risk managers)** and **clients (institutions seeking coverage)** into a single onchain flow.
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Think of a **CoverPool** like a **syndicate at Lloyd’s of London**:
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A **CoverPool** is a risk-isolated coverage instance in Catalysis that aggregates **committed, slashable restaker delegations** into a pool of **raw coverage capacity**. That capacity is allocated to underwrite risks for specific vaults on **Tier-1 DeFi protocols**
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- Each syndicate (CoverPool) insures a particular risk.
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- A coverage client can spread protection across **multiple CoverPools**, just as Lloyd’s policyholders often source cover from several syndicates.
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- This creates modular, diversified risk underwriting rather than relying on a single insurer.
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CoverPools are isolated across both **underwriting logic** and **economic exposure**.
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## Types of CoverPools
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CoverPools can be categorized into two separate categories:
|**Ownership**| Owned/operated by Catalysis (legal + operational) | Owned/operated by a 3rd party (teams with expertise in insuring specific use-cases) (e.g., Sunereum, Native, Spice) |
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|**Underwriting**|**Catalysis** is the underwriter |**3rd party** underwrites risks |
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|**Risk management**| Works with risk managers like Chaos Labs, LLamaRisk, Hypernative etc to monitor and manage risk parameters on a real-time basis | 3rd party provides its own risk monitoring & intelligence (may optionally integrate Catalysis analytics). |
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|**Service model**|**SLA for ongoing risk intelligence**|**Independent pool**; Catalysis provides onchain infrastructure + marketplace, not day-to-day operational or legal help |
3.**Issue**: Coverage contracts with explicit terms (limits, pricing, payouts)
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CoverPools are backed by a technology called **Catalysis Core**.
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## How CoverPools enable modular risk coverage
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**Catalysis Core** is the first Security Abstraction Layer that unlocks **Unified Access to $20B+ ETH, BTC & SOL-backed Economic Security** across major restaking protocols on Ethereum, Bitcoin & Solana.
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**DeFi Vaults are modular**; each vault’s risk profile is different (protocol mechanics, assets, curator/manager controls, strategy parameters, dependencies).
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It introduces a new primitive called **Shared Security Abstraction (SSA)** that separates application logic from the complexities of underlying restaking infrastructure. By standardizing interactions across protocols like EigenLayer, Symbiotic and SatLayer. **Catalysis Core** allows applications and networks to consume restaked security through a single, abstract interface.
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A single global pool either **overprices safe vaults** or **cross-subsidizes risky ones**. CoverPools solve this by **matching vault modularity with coverage modularity**.
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1.**Per vault or vault class**: A CoverPool is configured for a specific vault (say Morpho Gauntlet USDC Prime, Morpho Steakhouse ETH) **not “all vaults.”**
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2.**Capacity is pool-scoped**: Restakers choose which CoverPool to back; **losses (and incentives) stay contained within that pool**.
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3.**Pricing is accurate**: **Risk is priced inside the CoverPool** that takes it and premiums reflect each pool’s mandate.
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4.**Coverage stays composable**: **New vault designs don’t break the system**. When vault types evolve (new curators, strategies, protocols), Catalysis can spin up new CoverPools to match them.
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