3.2 On-Chain trust and off-chain privacy
ARX is designed around the principle that privacy and transparency are not opposites. It separates interaction from coordination so that personal data remains private while system logic remains verifiable.
The Hybrid Architecture
To achieve both high performance and absolute privacy, ARX splits its operations into two distinct layers:
🔒 Off-chain Privacy
All communication, file transfers, and personal information remain encrypted and are transmitted through peer-to-peer channels.
Zero-Knowledge Transmission: Nothing is written to the blockchain.
Metadata Protection: Relay nodes only see encrypted payloads and routing identifiers, preventing metadata reconstruction or traffic analysis.
⛓️ On-chain Trust
Economic coordination and validator management occur transparently on ArxNet, an EVM-compatible Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chain.
Accountability: Governance, staking, and rewards are publicly auditable.
Network Integrity: Ensures performance and decision-making are verifiable by all participants.
Layer Comparison
Off-chain
Messaging, file sharing, identity
High (Encrypted)
Low (Ephemeral)
On-chain (ArxNet)
Staking, governance, rewards, VPN registry
Transparent
High (Auditable)
Why a Hybrid Model?
The Resulting Balance By separating these layers, ARX ensures that performance is high (avoiding blockchain congestion), confidentiality is absolute (data stays local), and integrity is maintained (governance is public).
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