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    • About Pharos Network
    • Vision & Mision
    • Why Pharos Network
    • Concepts
      • Degree of Parallelism (DP)
  • Architecture
    • Pharos Modular Stack
    • Node Architecture
      • About Pharos Nodes
  • Core Technologies
    • Pharos Consensus
    • Pharos Execution
      • Why A New Blockchain Compute Model
      • Pharos VM
    • Pharos Pipelining
    • Pharos Store
      • Why We Need a Blockchain-Native Store
    • Pharos SPNs
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      • Using Docker (Devnet)
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  • Developer Guide
    • Foundry
      • Write Your First dApp
      • Write Your First Token
      • Write Your First NFT
      • Write Your First Uniswap Contract
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      • Write Your First dApp
      • Write Your First Token
      • Write Your First NFT
      • Write Your First Uniswap Contract
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      • Call EVM From WASM
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  1. Architecture

Node Architecture

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Last updated 21 days ago

Unlocking the full potential of Web3 requires an efficient, low-latency infrastructure. In our article, , we explore the current bottlenecks in blockchain infrastructure. Today’s leading platforms, particularly EVM-compatible L1s and L2s, still fall short of Web2 standards, constraining innovation for Web3 Super DApps. Although high-performance L1 and L2 solutions exist, they are insufficient and often exacerbate liquidity fragmentation. Pharos addresses this challenge through a modular & full-stack parallel L1 blockchain network, a web3 infrastructure that bridges FinTech services and trustless innovation.

Why a modular node architecture?

While monolithic blockchain nodes could theoretically achieve higher performance, we have chosen a modular architecture for three core reasons:

  1. Optimizing Heterogeneous Computation: A modular design allows validator operators to leverage diverse computational resources, advancing our goal of achieving DP5 with Pharos SPN.

  2. Community and Ecosystem Collaboration: By separating modules for consensus, VM, and storage, Pharos invites contributions from community members and ecosystem partners, strengthening Web3 infrastructure.

  3. Enabling Easy Chain Deployment: Our framework, similar to Cosmos SDK or Substrate, empowers developers and projects to build L1s and L2s with efficiency.

Core Technologies

Following the framework, Pharos uses parallelism at all levels to boost performance, minimize latency, and optimize resources for complex dApps:

  1. : A high-throughput, low-latency BFT consensus protocol that fully utilizes network resources.

  2. : A parallel execution layer integrating EVM and WASM with advanced compilation for robust performance.

  3. : Facilitates parallel and asynchronous transaction lifecycle processing, spanning execution, consensus, and I/O.

  4. : Delivers high throughput, low-latency I/O, and cost-effective storage, supporting billions of accounts.

Pharos in DP5: Special Processing Networks (SPNs)

Pharos Network pioneers the concept, which leverages the security and liquidity of the Pharos Primary Network. Native restaking enables shared security across SPNs and the Primary Network, allowing custom networks to be quickly deployed on heterogeneous validator nodes. This unique approach introduces a generic co-processor design within the world computer model, unlocking the potential of network hardware and diverse local resources.

Special Processing Networks (SPNs)
Elevating Blockchain Efficiency: A Deep Dive into Scalability and Optimization
Degree of Parallelism (DP)
Scalable Network and Consensus
Dual VM Parallel Execution
Full Life Cycle Asynchronous Pipelining
High-Performance Store with Authenticated Data Structure (ADS)