# Tessera > The liquidation network for permissioned real-world assets. ## Docs - [Tessera](https://docs.tessera.finance/index.md): The liquidation network for permissioned real-world assets. - [Architecture](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/architecture.md): The four-layer protocol architecture and the contracts that compose it. - [Auction Mechanism](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/auction-mechanism.md): Dutch decay math, per-asset-class parameters, and bidding strategy. - [Compliance Model](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/compliance-model.md): Delegation to the issuer's identity registry, two-stage solver verification, and the compliance adapter library. - [The Composability Problem](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/composability-problem.md): Why standard liquidation breaks for permissioned RWAs, and what the state of the art looks like at the top of the market. - [Events](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/events.md): Every event the protocol emits, in the order it appears, with indexed fields and schemas. - [Invariants](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/invariants.md): What the protocol guarantees, and how those guarantees are enforced on-chain. - [Protocol Overview](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/overview.md): What Tessera is, what it isn't, and why the architecture looks the way it does. - [Settlement Adapters](https://docs.tessera.finance/protocol/settlement-adapters.md): The pluggable settlement interface, the three planned adapters, and the Aqua dependency story. - [What Tessera Does](https://docs.tessera.finance/what-is-tessera.md): The protocol in one paragraph, the three-actor structure, the four-layer architecture. ## OpenAPI Specs - [openapi](https://docs.tessera.finance/api-reference/openapi.json) ## Optional - [GitHub](https://github.com/tessera-finance)