# Architecture Overview

Transactions that increase leverage in the system have to pass through the credit enforcer. The diagram below shows that the protocol's dependencies require that the credit enforcer check the asset, equity, and liquidity ratios each time an action is taken. This design ensures protocol solvency and will revert if proven otherwise.

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