# Halter ### Overview Halters act as an emergency safeguard for the TON Liquid Staking protocol and are capable of halting the protocol's operations in case of major system issues. It is a role, which needs to be a hot wallet (private key stored in memory). It is a special role needed only during initial deployment while audits and practice still didn't prove 100% safety. In the long run, this role should be disembodied. ### Security Policy * Could be used with a Hot wallet (non-custodial wallet) for Pool preparation stage. * Disembodied with the public production release of the Pool. ### Deploy Policy Halter could be deployed in the Basechain. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ton-ls-protocol.gitbook.io/ton-liquid-staking-protocol/protocol-components/governance-components/halter.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.