# hexbonds.com — Actuator.Finance, HEX & PulseChain Guide > An independent, community-built educational resource for Actuator.Finance on PulseChain. It explains HEX Time Tokens (HTTs), ACTR farming, the HEX yield curve, HEX staking, crypto bonds, wallets, and self-custody security. Not affiliated with the Actuator team. Educational only — not financial advice. Always verify contract addresses at the official source (docs.actuator.finance). > Last updated: 2026-10-02. Market and chart data on this site refresh daily; see https://hexbonds.com/updates and https://hexbonds.com/rss.xml ## Start here - [Home](https://hexbonds.com/): Beginner's guide to Actuator on PulseChain — mint HEX Time Tokens (HTTs), farm ACTR, and earn yield from HEX staking while keeping liquidity. - [Start Here](https://hexbonds.com/start): The front desk — five reader paths by goal (new to crypto, know crypto, know HEX, fixed-income professional, just the numbers) with honest time estimates. - [How It Works](https://hexbonds.com/how-it-works): The executive summary of Actuator — minting or buying HTTs, delegating HSIs, farming, vaulting, and 1:1 redemption, with costs and risks. - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://hexbonds.com/faq): Every question this site answers in one place — HEX, HTTs, Actuator, wallets, security, trading and taxes — each answered in full and linked to the page that covers it. - [What is Crypto?](https://hexbonds.com/what-is-crypto): Beginner path from Bitcoin and Ethereum to HEX, PulseChain, and Actuator. - [Glossary](https://hexbonds.com/glossary): Defined terms for Actuator, HEX, PulseChain, bonds, and DeFi (with schema.org DefinedTermSet markup). - [Keyword Index](https://hexbonds.com/keyword-index): A–Z keyword index with quick links to definitions, guides, and tutorials across the site. ## Core concepts - [HEX Staking](https://hexbonds.com/concepts/hex-staking): Lock HEX for 1–5555 days to earn interest in more HEX; T-Shares, the Longer/Bigger Pays Better bonuses, penalties, and HSIs. - [Staking Ladder](https://hexbonds.com/concepts/staking-ladder): Splitting HEX into staggered end-dates (like a bond/CD ladder) for regular liquidity and reinvestment. - [Mean Regression Trading](https://hexbonds.com/concepts/mean-regression-trading): Mean-reversion trading and how it applies to the Actuator HTT yield curve, plus the real risks. - [Smart Contracts](https://hexbonds.com/concepts/smart-contracts): Why immutable automated code is the reason DeFi exists, and how HEX and Actuator run without their developers. - [HEX on PulseChain](https://hexbonds.com/hex-on-pulsechain): What HEX is, HEX vs eHEX, HSIs, and how Actuator fits in. - [Tokenomics](https://hexbonds.com/tokenomics): HTT and ACTR tokenomics, official Actuator.Finance contract addresses, and on-chain data. ## Bonds & comparisons - [Crypto Bonds](https://hexbonds.com/crypto-bonds): How HEX Time Tokens work as PulseChain bonds — in effect a tradable HEX time deposit: what they are, how to buy, risks and yield. - [Traditional Bonds vs HTTs](https://hexbonds.com/traditional-bonds-vs-htt): Side-by-side of government/corporate bonds and HEX Time Tokens. - [Crypto Bonds Comparison](https://hexbonds.com/crypto-bonds-comparison): HTTs vs stablecoin lending vs LP tokens vs traditional bonds. - [Actuator vs Direct HEX Staking](https://hexbonds.com/actuator-vs-staking): When to stake directly vs mint HTTs — yield, liquidity, and risk compared. - [Yield Without Banks](https://hexbonds.com/yield-without-banks): Earning bond-like yield on-chain with full custody. - [Comparisons](https://hexbonds.com/comparisons): Hub comparing HTTs to bonds, staking, and other DeFi yield. - [Due Diligence](https://hexbonds.com/due-diligence): The fixed-income professional's checklist for HTTs, answered with dated data — live curve, pool depth, redemption record, control and audits. ## Live data, charts & tools - [Tools Index](https://hexbonds.com/tools): Every instrument and every published dataset in one index — calculators and readers, charts and boards, RPC infrastructure, and the datasets below with schema.org Dataset markup. - [HEX Event Dataset](https://hexbonds.com/tools#hex-events): Every HEX stake start, stake end, good-accounting call and share-rate change since December 2019 as yearly files, with a manifest of checksums and canonical per-kind digests; refreshed monthly (https://hexbonds.com/data/hex-events/manifest.json). - [HSI Event Dataset](https://hexbonds.com/tools#hsi-events): Every event of Hedron's HEX Stake Instance Manager since February 2022 — starts, ends, tokenize, detokenize, and the HSITransfer liquidation hand-over — in the same folder and manifest, plus a monthly summary. - [HEX Open Stakes Snapshot](https://hexbonds.com/tools#stake-ladder): Every open HEX stake on PulseChain as one anonymous row, monthly — the file behind the HEX Staking Map. - [HEX T-Share Census and Pool Path](https://hexbonds.com/tools#tshare-census): The daily T-Share ladder per chain, its dated archive, T-Share-years, and the share pool booked to each scheduled end year. - [HEX-Stats](https://hexbonds.com/hex-stats): Every HEX day since day 1 in one table — payout, share pool, stakes started and ended, principal locked and net flow — measured from the contract's own events, with a CSV. - [HEX Stake Ladder](https://hexbonds.com/stake-ladder): Any wallet's HEX and eHEX stakes as rungs on a ladder, read by your own browser from public RPCs, plus the whole protocol's unlock schedule measured on chain. - [Token Search](https://hexbonds.com/token): Search any PulseChain token — daily prices, depth in its deepest pool, its links, and a warning when a lookalike symbol exists — or paste a contract address for a live read. - [Charts](https://hexbonds.com/charts): The chart family in one place — yield curve, live market boards, computed yields, and the regression-channel record. - [HTT Charts](https://hexbonds.com/htt-charts): Every live HTT series charted from on-chain history — prices in HEX, pool liquidity, minted and redeemed, discount history. - [Yield Curve](https://hexbonds.com/yield-curve): The HEX price curve and an interactive yield curve simulator — fixed HTT yields from live pool discounts vs projected native staking returns. - [HEX Staking Calculator](https://hexbonds.com/staking-calculator): Split one investment into sixteen HEX stakes, pick a price and T-Share worldview, and see what each returns. - [Live Market Boards](https://hexbonds.com/dexscreener): Live price, 24-hour change, volume and liquidity for ACTR, HEX, and the charted HTT maturities. - [Market Proofs](https://hexbonds.com/market-proofs): Daily HTT/HEX regression channels regenerated from full pool history, with volume behind every print. - [HTT LP Levels](https://hexbonds.com/lp): Each PulseX HTT/HEX pool's depth in HEX and USD, the week's change, and its share of the aggregate — rebuilt daily. - [LP Positions](https://hexbonds.com/lp-positions): Every liquidity pool holding an HTT or ACTR on PulseX and 9mm, with partner token, venue, and on-chain USD value, refreshed daily. - [Farm & Vault Yields](https://hexbonds.com/farm-vault-yields): ACTR farm emissions and HTT vault mint-fee yields, computed from on-chain state daily, with every caveat stated. - [October 9 Farm Switch](https://hexbonds.com/farm-switch): Actuator's year-3 rotation — farm weights rotate and yearly ACTR emissions step from 250M to 150M, verified from the contract. - [The Gas Floor](https://hexbonds.com/gas-floor): An on-chain measurement of every readable HEX and eHEX pool — arbitrage holds real pools to one price, and gas decides which drift. - [Free PulseChain RPC During a Storm](https://hexbonds.com/free-rpc): A free, storm-only rescue endpoint — 5,000 responses, no signup, nothing logged; the desk opens only while the public gateways are failing. - [PulseChain RPC](https://hexbonds.com/rpc): What an RPC gateway can and cannot do, how to switch your wallet's endpoint, and a daily gateway reliability record. - [PulseChain RPC Failover Open Standard](https://hexbonds.com/rpc-standard): An open, tokenless standard for PulseChain wallets and apps — shared endpoint registry, client-side rotation rules, guided wallet switch, and query etiquette. - [Bridges: Every Door, Measured](https://hexbonds.com/bridge): Every way money reaches PulseChain — official bridge, Liberty Swap, Hyperlane, fiat ramps and exchanges — ranked by measured 30-day inflow, plus the official bridge's own ledger. - [Chart Finder](https://hexbonds.com/chart-finder): A directory of every chart on the official Actuator app and where this site charts the same data with longer history. - [Strategies](https://hexbonds.com/strategies): Tested, Not Recommended — every documented Actuator strategy tested against the daily pool record and listed by its measured result; facts only, no recommendations. - [Strategy Test Data and Results](https://hexbonds.com/strategy-tests): The inputs and printed results behind the /strategies findings — daily pool history, LP supply, closing blocks and results files, with sizes and sha256. - [Strategy Tester](https://hexbonds.com/strategy-tester): Four Actuator strategies run in the browser on your own inputs, using the test scripts' own equations on the published daily pool record and HEX's payout record. ## Manual & guides - [Actuator Manual](https://hexbonds.com/manual): Comprehensive protocol mechanics, strategies, and concepts — fact-checked against official docs and on-chain records. - [Guides](https://hexbonds.com/guides): Step-by-step guides index. - [PulseX DEX Guide](https://hexbonds.com/pulsex-dex-guide): What PulseX is and how its AMM prices HEX, HTTs, and PLSX — pools, LP fees, slippage, and staking LP tokens in Actuator farms. - [How to Swap on PulseX](https://hexbonds.com/guides/pulsex-dex): Prepare a PulseChain wallet, reach a PulseX frontend, connect, and make your first swap. - [Buying HTTs](https://hexbonds.com/guides/buying-htts): Buying a discounted HEX Time Token — read the dashboard, pick a maturity, verify the token address, swap safely. - [Minting HTTs](https://hexbonds.com/guides/minting-htts): Create or delegate a Portable HEX Stake, choose a redemption day, confirm the mint. - [Redeeming HTTs](https://hexbonds.com/guides/redeeming-htts): Redeem HTTs 1:1 for HEX on or after their day — the 14-day window, what changes after it, and what exiting early really costs. - [Farming ACTR](https://hexbonds.com/guides/farming-actr): Provide HTT/HEX liquidity on PulseX and deposit the LP tokens in an Actuator farm to earn ACTR. - [ACTR Vaults](https://hexbonds.com/guides/actr-vaults): How ACTR Vaults work — deposit ACTR, earn HTT rewards, and recapture minting fees. - [Understanding the Yield Curve](https://hexbonds.com/guides/understanding-yield-curve): How maturity dates affect yields and pricing of HEX Time Tokens. - [HTT Diagrams](https://hexbonds.com/guides/htt-diagrams): Visual minting, redemption, and fungibility flows. - [Bridging from Ethereum](https://hexbonds.com/guides/bridging-from-ethereum): Bridging USDC, DAI, ETH and other tokens to PulseChain using the official native bridge. - [US Bank to PulseChain](https://hexbonds.com/guides/from-banks): Funding PulseChain from US banks — Old Glory Bank to 0xCoast to PulseChain. - [ProveX Using Zelle](https://hexbonds.com/guides/provex-zelle): Buying USDC on PulseChain from your bank via ProveX P2P with zero-knowledge proofs. - [Liberty Swap](https://hexbonds.com/guides/liberty-swap): Non-custodial, intent-based cross-chain swaps to PulseChain from Base, BSC, Arbitrum, or Ethereum. - [Internet Money Wallet](https://hexbonds.com/guides/internet-money-wallet): Non-custodial wallet with native PulseChain support, built-in cross-chain swaps, and easy bridging. - [9mm DEX](https://hexbonds.com/guides/9mm): V2 and V3 concentrated-liquidity trading on PulseChain — swaps, liquidity, and position management. - [Piteas DEX Aggregator](https://hexbonds.com/guides/piteas): The PulseChain aggregator that finds the best swap route across liquidity sources. - [HEX Staking Frontends](https://hexbonds.com/guides/hex-staking-frontends): Third-party apps for staking HEX — Icosa, Staker App, TShare.app — and how to vet any frontend. - [IPFS Decentralized Access](https://hexbonds.com/guides/ipfs-decentralized-access): How IPFS keeps HEX accessible even if official websites go down. - [Reading HEX from the Source](https://hexbonds.com/guides/reading-hex-from-the-source): The HEX contract explained straight from the deployed code, checked against the live bytecode. - [Evaluate a Portfolio Tracker](https://hexbonds.com/guides/evaluate-a-portfolio-tracker): The trade-offs portfolio trackers don't advertise, and the trust signals a clone can't fake. ## Security & self-custody - [Security](https://hexbonds.com/security): Ranked crypto security risks and layered defenses, plus anti-phishing / verify-the-real-site guidance. - [Seed Phrase](https://hexbonds.com/seedphrase): Creating, storing, and protecting a seed phrase (paper, metal, SLIP-39/Shamir). - [Wallets](https://hexbonds.com/wallets): Wallet reviews for PulseChain, HEX, and Actuator (Trezor, MetaMask, Rabby, Internet Money, ZKX). - [Browsers](https://hexbonds.com/browsers): Hardened-browser recommendations for DeFi. - [Quantum Threats](https://hexbonds.com/quantum-threats): How quantum computing does (and does not) affect seed phrases and crypto. - [Risks](https://hexbonds.com/risks): Risks and considerations for Actuator, HTTs, and DeFi participation. - [Security Checklist](https://hexbonds.com/guides/security-checklist): Every security step in dependency order, each linking to the page that owns the details. - [Wallet Backup Standards](https://hexbonds.com/guides/wallet-backup-standards): SLIP-39 multi-share and 24-word BIP-39 on a Trezor, the passphrase both must carry, and the 33-word expert path. - [Mac Crypto Setup](https://hexbonds.com/guides/mac-crypto-setup): Step-by-step hardening of a MacBook for crypto. - [Windows Crypto Setup](https://hexbonds.com/guides/windows-crypto-setup): Step-by-step hardening of a Windows PC for crypto. - [Physical Security & OPSEC](https://hexbonds.com/guides/physical-security-opsec): KYC-leak lessons, home practices, travel rules, and what to do if your address leaks. - [Crypto Inheritance](https://hexbonds.com/guides/crypto-inheritance): The letter-of-instruction pattern, Shamir shares across heirs, and the practice run. ## Reference - [PulseChain Tokens](https://hexbonds.com/pulsechain-tokens): The major PulseChain / HEX-ecosystem tokens (PLS, PLSX, HEX, INC, HDRN, ICSA, ACTR) with official sources. - [Frontends](https://hexbonds.com/frontends): Launch the Actuator and HEX apps directly from their public IPFS files. - [Videos](https://hexbonds.com/videos): Educational videos with transcripts. - [Token Logos](https://hexbonds.com/token-logos): A searchable directory of PulseChain token logos, keyed by contract address, re-encoded and virus-scanned. - [Sources](https://hexbonds.com/sources): The bibliography behind hexbonds.com — named sources with what each is cited for. - [The Sacrifices, Decoded](https://hexbonds.com/sacrifices): What the chain records about the PulseChain, PulseX and ProveX sacrifices — measured censuses and which claims are proven, suspected, or unknowable. - [Portfolio Trackers](https://hexbonds.com/portfolio-trackers): Every PulseChain portfolio tracker and HEX information site the community uses — which are read-only, which can move money, and where your address list lives. - [Site Updates](https://hexbonds.com/updates): What changed on hexbonds.com and when — recently updated pages and the dated record of site releases. - [About & Methodology](https://hexbonds.com/about): How this independent resource is built — research methodology, content standards, sourcing. - [Community](https://hexbonds.com/community): PulseChain, HEX, and Actuator ecosystem creators and key figures. ## Notes for AI agents - This is an independent educational site, not the official Actuator app. The official app is at actuator.finance and official docs are at docs.actuator.finance. - Content is educational and not financial advice. When citing, prefer linking readers to verify contract addresses and details at the official sources above.