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# Stealth Buy

Stealth Buy makes a token purchase look like organic market activity. Instead of one large order from your wallet, it funds a fresh **temporary wallet** and executes your buy as a series of smaller, time-spaced orders — then sweeps everything (the tokens it bought **and** any leftover STX) straight back to your wallet.

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**BETA — use small amounts.** Stealth Buy moves **real funds** through automated temporary wallets and is still under active testing. Start with a small test amount and don't commit more than you're comfortable risking while it's in beta.
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## How It Works

```
You fund a temp wallet with STX  →  bot runs N spaced buys  →  bot sweeps tokens + leftover STX back to you
```

1. **Pick a target and your parameters** — choose a curated target token, the total amount (USD), how many buys to split it into, the interval between them, and your slippage tolerance.
2. **Fund the temporary wallet** — Nova generates a brand-new wallet and shows you its address. You send **STX** to it covering both the swap budget **and** the gas reserve (so the wallet can pay its own transaction fees).
3. **The buys run automatically** — the bot executes each split as a swap (`STX → target token`) on **Bitflow**, spaced by your interval plus a small random jitter, with your slippage enforced as on-chain post-conditions.
4. **Any failed buy is retried** — if a split can't be placed or a swap reverts on-chain, the bot automatically re-buys it (where balance allows) so a run of *N* buys aims to land *N* confirmed buys.
5. **Everything is swept back** — when the buys finish, the bought tokens and any leftover STX are transferred back to the wallet you funded from.

You always fund with **STX only** — it covers the swap amount *and* the gas for every split, so the temp wallet never runs out of fees mid-run.

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## Target Tokens

To guarantee a reliable swap route, Stealth Buy uses a **curated preset list** of targets that each have a verified STX trading pair. Free-text contract addresses are not accepted.

| Target | Notes             |
| ------ | ----------------- |
| WELSH  | Verified STX pair |
| LEO    | Verified STX pair |
| NOT    | Verified STX pair |
| sBTC   | Verified STX pair |

More targets are added over time as their liquidity and pairs are vetted.

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## Parameters & Limits

| Setting            | Range / Rule                                                                                    |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Amount (USD)**   | Minimum **$3** total, and at least **$1.50 per split**                                          |
| **Number of buys** | **1–20** splits                                                                                 |
| **Interval**       | **1–30 seconds** between buys (plus 5–10s random jitter)                                        |
| **Slippage**       | **0.5%–10%** (enforced as on-chain post-conditions)                                             |
| **Funding token**  | **STX only** (swap budget + `0.1 STX × number of buys` gas reserve; any unused gas is returned) |

With Stacks fast blocks (\~5–6 seconds), buys are *submitted* at your chosen interval and typically *confirm* within a block or two. Actual amounts received vary with slippage, price movement, and pool liquidity.

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## Your Funds Are Protected

Real funds are at stake, so the temp-wallet lifecycle is built to fail safe:

* **Fresh wallet per run.** Every run uses a brand-new temporary wallet. Its private key is **AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest** and never logged.
* **No double-spending.** Each split broadcasts **at most one** swap. A buy is only re-attempted when its previous transaction is *proven* failed on-chain (or never broadcast), so the run never spends more than you funded.
* **Always swept back to you.** Bought tokens and leftover STX are returned to the wallet that funded the run.
* **Key destroyed only after on-chain confirmation.** The encrypted key is wiped **only after two independent on-chain reads confirm the temp wallet is empty** — never merely because a sweep was broadcast. If anything is still pending, the key is kept.
* **Automatic recovery.** A safety job runs every few minutes to recover funds from any wallet that didn't fully sweep, and in-progress runs are recovered if the service restarts.
* **No charge on failure.** Payment uses the x402 two-phase flow — if execution can't proceed, funds sent to the temp wallet are swept back.

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**It hides attribution, not your identity — this is not anonymity.** The buys originate from a fresh wallet, so they aren't directly attributed to your main wallet in charts, trade feeds, or copy-trade bots. But **both** the funding transfer (your wallet → temp wallet) **and** the return sweep (temp wallet → your wallet) are public on-chain and linkable, so anyone doing chain analysis can connect the buy back to you. Stealth Buy obscures the purchase from casual on-chain watchers and trading apps; it does **not** make it private.
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## Using It From the Dashboard

1. Go to [Nova Tools](https://nova.zeroauthoritydao.com/tools) and open **Stealth Buy**.
2. Select a **target token** from the dropdown.
3. Enter the **amount (USD)**, **number of buys**, **interval**, and **slippage**. A live estimate shows your per-swap amount, gas reserve, total funding, and expected duration.
4. Click to start, then **send the requested STX** to the temp wallet address shown (swap budget + gas reserve).
5. Watch the progress panel as each buy executes — it shows a live split-by-split feed, the **return transactions** when funds are swept back, and a **"Track every transaction on Stacks Explorer"** link to the temp wallet so you can follow every pending and confirmed tx yourself. When finished, your tokens and any leftover STX arrive back in your wallet.

In Discord/Telegram, Stealth Buy is **admin-only and DM-only** for security. The dashboard is the primary way to use it.

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## Disclaimer

Stealth Buy is a **beta** feature that interacts with live decentralized exchanges using real assets. Token swaps are subject to slippage, price movement, and available liquidity, and outcomes are not guaranteed. Use small amounts while the tool is in beta, and only commit funds you are comfortable risking. Stealth Buy does not provide trading or financial advice.