# Overview ![](https://1337717879-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FaPA66gBcZ2yGOZlX4G9w%2Fuploads%2FvnPjAQlBgNqhknFo4mLq%2Flogo-dark.png?alt=media\&token=eb8fd53b-9e86-4172-8926-88f445f377cc) ## Introduction Solarflare is a decentralized exchange, providing liquidity and enabling peer-to-peer transactions on the Moonbeam Network. The goal is to provide a comprehensive and convenient, one-stop platform for the cryptocurrency community.
## What Does This Mean? Solarflare allows users to trade directly from their wallets, rather than trading through a third party – tokens never leaving your custody means it is 100% owned by **you**. Lower trading fees make Solarflare an attractive platform to trade with. Higher liquidity also helps provide a broad range of support to various facets of the crypto community, and to continuously adapt to the market by continuing to provide value to both token holders and the community. ## Why Solarflare? ### Peer-to-Peer transactions Trade directly from wallet to wallet, without any third party account or releasing custody of your tokens. ### Earn $FLARE with Yield Farming and Staking $GLMR Stake your tokens in our single asset pools, or paired in our liquidity pools to earn more $FLARE. ### Earn Trading Fees via Liquidity Pools Provide liquidity to earn part of the protocol's trading fees. ## Why Moonbeam? Moonbeam is an EVM compatible network on the Polkadot ecosystem. In addition to basic EVM compatibility, Moonbeam also extends it further: > ### Unified Accounts, Addresses, and Signatures > > Use your existing Ethereum-like H160 accounts & ECDSA signatures to interact with Moonbeam. > > ### Use Existing Tools and DApp Front-Ends > > Connect popular tools like MetaMask, Hardhat, Waffle, Remix, and Truffle via a complete set of Web3 RPC endpoints. Use well-known JavaScript libraries, such as Web3.Js or Ethers.Js. > > ### Deploy with Minimal Changes > > If you have an existing contract, it will work right away with no need to rewrite or reconfigure. > > ### Use Familiar Programming Languages > > Write smart contracts in Solidity or anything that compiles to Solidity bytecode. Please [click here](https://moonbeam.network/networks/moonriver/) for more information.