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# Why Do I Need Armor?

DeFi applications are the most attractive targets to hackers that have ever existed. 

The (largely open-source) software can give hackers instant, very large, payouts that can easily be made untraceable. 

We've seen enormous hacks on many different protocols and have been made painfully aware that users need the most protection possible. 

Armor ensures -- in the easiest manner to date -- that any funds a user held on a hacked platform will be fully repaid so their funds are never at any risk.