The DecentraTech Stack

The DecentraTech Stack is a collection of technologies that are the building blocks and toolsets of decentralized applications (DApps) and decentralized networks, and hence enablers of decentralization.
 
The list below includes both basic technology building blocks and also toolsets, which are typically combinations of building blocks that provide common functionality. 
 
The term network node describes an individual processing unit (hardware or virtual) and DApp instance running on it that connects with others to form a decentralized network.

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The DecentraTech Stack includes:

• Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers – a key component providing consensus and tamper resistant/evident audit trails. Consensus allows network nodes to agree on particular events/facts, and tamper resistance keeps them highly secure.
• Peer-to-peer Networks and Decentralized Mesh Protocols – providing direct connectivity between DApp network nodes without requiring central routers or hubs
• Digital Asset Wallets and Smart Contracts – providing repositories to store digital assets/tokens and processing logic to implement workflows for these assets.
• Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) platforms providing compute, storage and other resources and services, especially for data-centric applications, analytics and artificial intelligence.
• Privacy-centric Synchronization Mechanisms – to allow multiple private data stores to maintain a common state.
• Cross Chain Connectivity, Interoperability Approaches and Oracles – allowing blockchains to interact with one another, and with non-blockchain systems and external data sources.

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• Cryptography, Cryptographic Proofs, Zero Knowledge Proofs and Key Management – as well as being key to blockchain architectures, provide fundamental mechanisms for human and machine users to engage with decentralized systems, and improve l,usability of DApps.
• ​Confidential and Multi-Party Computing – approaches to processing of sensitive data, provided by multiple network nodes, in a secure manner, especially for AI applications..​
• Self-Sovereign Identity, Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable Credentials Approaches – allowing individuals and network nodes to maintain unique identities and personal attributes, and control who they are shared with, and for what purpose.
• Token Standards, Platforms and Tools for the Exchange of Value – mechanisms to allow physical assets to be represented in digital (tokenized) form, and then processed in various ways, including supporting reward mechanisms for DApps and providing compliance for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
• Edge Computing Devices, Operating Systems and Middleware – implementing the hardware and systems software environment for network nodes on which DApps run.

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