# Get Started

Welcome to Panther Protocol: a proposal for a Zero-Knowledge cross-chain layer supporting regulated Zones for privacy-enabled DeFi.

### What do you want to do today?

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Understand regulated Zones</strong></td><td><a href="https://3222612406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Ffjt2vLu9LbWbcWVioR8l%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-488d6c047b51b25b95145cce5168cf5bb334abe4%2FJoinEarn.webp?alt=media">JoinEarn.webp</a></td><td><a href="#panther-protocol-for-zone-managers">#panther-protocol-for-zone-managers</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Govern &#x26; Operate</strong></td><td><a href="https://3222612406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Ffjt2vLu9LbWbcWVioR8l%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1ba35ffdd8503fc03eb3d236a4159e1a6748ab83%2FGovern.webp?alt=media">Govern.webp</a></td><td><a href="#govern-and-operate">#govern-and-operate</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Learn</strong></td><td><a href="https://3222612406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Ffjt2vLu9LbWbcWVioR8l%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-42ffdf182d82984f4347885700744d4d42d3c4de%2FLearn.webp?alt=media">Learn.webp</a></td><td><a href="#learn">#learn</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Panther Protocol for Zone Managers

Panther Protocol provides a vision of a fully-decentralized, multi-chain privacy-enhancing Protocol enabling VASP-registered entities to create and customize regulated trading environments.

| [Try out a testnet Panther account](https://docs.pantherprotocol.io/docs/panther-core/testnet)                      |
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| [Understand the Zone Manager role](https://docs.pantherprotocol.io/docs/ecosystem/ecosystem-operators/zone-manager) |

### Govern and Operate

Panther Protocol's development will become the responsibility of Panther DAO and is strengthened by its community and Ecosystem Operators.

| [Join the community](https://docs.pantherprotocol.io/docs/learn/community)                                    |
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| [Understand the Ecosystem Operator roles](https://docs.pantherprotocol.io/docs/ecosystem/ecosystem-operators) |

### Learn

Panther Protocol will apply a set of smart contracts on EVM-compatible blockchains. Its modular architecture design will support compliant transactions in Shielded Pools.

The technology relies heavily on cryptography to provide a privacy-enhanced mechanism to trade on public ledgers.

These documents are a comprehensive resource intended to help you learn everything you need to navigate the Panther ecosystem.

Either browse freely or follow this suggested learning path:

| <ol><li><a href="what-is-panther">What is Panther?</a></li></ol>                                                                         |
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| <ol start="2"><li><a href="who-is-panther-for">Who is Panther for?</a></li></ol>                                                         |
| <ol start="3"><li>Understand the <a href="../ecosystem/ecosystem-operators/zone-manager">Zone Manager role</a></li></ol>                 |
| <ol start="4"><li>Understand the other <a href="../ecosystem/ecosystem-operators">Ecosystem Operator roles</a></li></ol>                 |
| <ol start="5"><li>Understand the <a href="../panther-core/panther-core/zaccount">zAccount</a></li></ol>                                  |
| <ol start="6"><li>Understand the <a href="../panther-core/panther-core/shielded-pool">Shielded Pool and Multi-chain vision</a></li></ol> |
| <ol start="7"><li>Understand <a href="../panther-core/panther-core/overview">zAssets</a></li></ol>                                       |
| <ol start="8"><li>Learn about the <a href="../panther-core/compliance">compliance strategies</a></li></ol>                               |
| <ol start="9"><li>Learn about <a href="../interoperability/defi-adaptors">DeFi adaptors</a></li></ol>                                    |

### Disclaimers

While this software is in development, the active present voice is used to communicate future intentions, not the current state of functionality.

The publisher of this work, Panther Ventures Limited, is a Web3 software development company and is not authorized to provide financial or distributed ledger technology services.