Web3 Reference Architecture

Infrastructure & Utilities. There are 3 main capability bundles within this layer, Front-end Enablers, Blockchain Core and Utilities

Reference Architecture. The following diagram represents the proposed Web3 Reference Architecture. Conceptually, there are 3 distinct layers: Channels, Apps and Infrastructure & Utilities

Apps. This is were Distributed Applications (DApps) and Smart Contracts are logically located, catering for an increasing number of use cases. They interact with the underlying Infrastructure resources, as well as support user interactions via the Channels. Just like the Infrastructure components, DApps and Smart Contract need to run somewhere; hen... See more

Channels. The major components of this layer are the actual UIs that users interact with via web browsers or mobile apps as well as wallets. The latter are intrinsically linked to the “off-chain” world to fund them with fiat currencies, onboard users (and related services, e.g. KYC, where appropriate) and so on.UIs. Most of these are typical react ... See more