The Nillion Network: An Overview of the Decentralized Architecture and Services
March 18th, 2023

The Nillion Network is a decentralized network designed for secure and efficient transfer, storage, and computation of sensitive data. In this article, we provide an overview of the network's decentralized architecture, highlighting its foundational layers and services offered to the developer community.

The Nillion Network comprises three main layers: the Infrastructure Layer, NMC Layer, and Service Layer. The Infrastructure Layer offers basic decentralized network and storage services. It builds on a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and a peer-to-peer network that is decentralized, resilient, and supports secure sharing of data among nodes.

The NMC Layer is where Nillion's proprietary protocols, 2-NMC and D-NMC, are implemented. These protocols allow Multi-Party Programs to be executed without any message exchange during the computation step, enabling secure decentralized computations. The NMC Layer offers core capabilities to developers through an SDK, such as transfer, store, and compute.

The Service Layer builds on top of NMC to provide additional services to the developer community. It offers high-level programming languages such as Nada and supports other languages such as Solidity. The Service Layer provides several core services, including authentication, key management, enrollment, and decentralized voting.

The Service Layer will also be extended by the developer community to build products and applications. Future services may include machine learning, data analytics, and identity management.

Nillion is a permissionless network that supports two types of NMC Nodes: Light Nodes and Full Nodes. The network is resilient against Sybil attacks, bribery, and collusion between nodes, while remaining permissionless. Node composition prevents these attacks, and the network's security is further ensured by the NIL token. The NIL token plays a crucial role in the Nillion Network, providing node incentives, staking, network security, and decentralized governance.

In conclusion, the Nillion Network offers a secure and decentralized architecture for the transfer, storage, and computation of sensitive data. It provides a comprehensive set of services to the developer community, enabling them to build secure and decentralized applications.

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