# Acala Network

Acala is a parachain of the Polkadot Relay chain, with all of its network security and consensus provided by Polkadot's Validator set. As a [Substrate](https://www.substrate.io/)-based chain, most of Acala's integration points are the same as Kusama and Polkadot. As a parachain specifically though, the key differences will be outlined in this document.

This guide contains the following sections:

1. [Protocol Info](https://wiki.acala.network/integrate/acala/protocol-info)
2. [Token Transfer](https://wiki.acala.network/integrate/acala/token-transfer)
3. [Networks](https://wiki.acala.network/integrate/acala/endpoints)
4. [Run a Full Node](https://wiki.acala.network/integrate/acala/full-node)
5. [Run a Collator Node](https://wiki.acala.network/integrate/acala/collator)