Field Note #39. On "Web3 without the Hype (part 2)"

Source: Qin Wang et. al, "Exploring Web3 from the View of Blockchain," avail. online at arXiv (June 2022)

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THE MAIN IDEAS.

  • Mapping web3 architecture is a critical pre-requisite to understanding design tradeoffs
  • One web3 architectural map consists of 3 "decoupled components" (access, computation, storage) and 3 "transaction routes" (on-chain, off-chain, hybrid)
    See also Field Note #23: On "Decentralized Computing Stack" (Trent McConaghy mapping similar elements of decentralized computing: communications, processing, storage)
  • Architecture Trade-Off Analysis Method ("ATAM") allows us to compare/contrast the design choices as we select different transaction routes for the decoupled components.
  • Key question when designing web3 architecture is how important security, anonymity, and availability attributes are to the problem area.

THE INFOGRAPHIC: ATAM APPLIED.

THE DETAILS.

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