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# Emergency Pause and Guarded Wallet usage

This project includes a lightweight pause mechanism provided by the OwnablePause pattern. The contract can be paused by the owner to prevent certain operations from executing during emergencies or maintenance windows.

Key concepts:

- Pausable by owner: The contract exposes pause/unpause controls via OwnablePause. When paused, sensitive operations can be restricted.
- Guarded wallet (extension): A guarded wallet address can be configured to enable additional admin-like workflows or offload certain administrative tasks. This is designed to be extended by future code paths.

How to use during development and in production:

1) Pause the contract (safest first):

- Ensure you are the contract owner.
- Call pause() to suspend operations guarded by the pause modifier.

2) Configure a guarded wallet (optional extension):

- Provide a guarded wallet address that your deployment uses for admin tasks.
- This can help separate concerns and enable safer operational flows.

3) Unpause when ready:

- After investigations or maintenance, call unpause() to resume normal operations.

Example concepts (not a direct call surface, depends on your contract wiring):

- Pausable actions typically decorate sensitive functions with a modifier like whenNotPaused. While paused, those functions revert.
- Guarded wallet can be used to implement admin-specific logic in future function paths or in external scripts that interact with the ledger.

Notes:

- This document describes the intended usage pattern and does not replace your own security reviews.
- If you extend the contract to expose more pause-protected entry points, ensure you update tests to cover pause/unpause behavior and access control.

For developers

- Review contracts/OwnablePause.sol to understand how pause control is implemented.
- Consider adding unit tests that verify that when paused, only privileged actions fail and that unpause restores functionality.