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Protocol Architecture

Protocol architecture focuses on the runtime and contract boundaries for intent execution, resource locking, solver payloads, hooks, arbiters, allocators, and settlement.

This page provides the Architecture-section entry point. The canonical detailed protocol notes remain in Research.

DeFi protocol intent execution architecture
DeFi protocol walkthrough

Architecture Lens

  • Arbiter, allocator, solver, hook, and flash-router responsibilities.
  • Solver payload execution and mandate validation.
  • Resource-locking and EIP-712 signing boundaries.
  • Connections between protocol execution and trading-system infrastructure.

Deeper Research