# Three-Layer Architecture

StarMiner is architected as a multi-layered protocol stack designed to coordinate decentralized compute infrastructure at scale. Its **Three-Layer Architecture** separates concerns across execution, intelligence, and interaction enabling modular growth, fault isolation, and highly efficient scheduling of GPU-intensive workloads.

This design allows StarMiner to function simultaneously as a **decentralized supercomputer**, a **global GPU marketplace**, and a **DeFi-integrated coordination layer** for AI, rendering, and high-performance computing (HPC).

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#### Layer 1: Blockchain Infrastructure Layer

This foundational layer handles all **trust, security, settlement, and token logic**. Built on Armonia MetaChain, this layer offers:

* **Smart contract infrastructure** for job execution, staking, and reward distribution
* **On-chain identity systems** to register and verify compute providers, validators, and clients
* **Ledger transparency** for job outcomes, token flows, and historical compute transactions
* **Interoperability** through cross-chain bridges and wrapped assets (e.g., RWA tokens)

This layer ensures that StarMiner's economic incentives are **verifiable, auditable, and censorship-resistant**, forming the trust backbone for decentralized coordination.

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#### Layer 2: Computing Protocol Layer

This is the **orchestration and intelligence layer**, responsible for translating demand into action.

It manages:

* **Task registration and classification** (e.g., AI training, rendering, inference)
* **Dynamic matchmaking** between tasks and providers, using attributes like GPU type, task urgency, latency sensitivity, and region
* **Reputation scoring** for node performance, task reliability, and compliance
* **Multi-Tier Pricing (MTP)** engine to dynamically adjust AGPU cost based on demand-supply imbalances
* **Matrix Spillover** logic to route overflow tasks to alternate zones or nodes in real time

This layer acts as the **brain of the protocol**, ensuring compute flows where it’s needed most, based on real-world usage conditions and economic fairness.

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#### Layer 3: Application Layer

The topmost layer is where developers, enterprises, and users interface with StarMiner's computing infrastructure. It abstracts blockchain and orchestration complexity through:

* **SDKs and APIs** for seamless integration with dApps, enterprise platforms, or AI pipelines
* **Developer portals and GUI dashboards** for monitoring compute jobs, wallet balances, and node status
* **Tooling for job scripting, real-time visualization, and job lifecycle control**
* **Prebuilt templates and libraries** for common workloads (e.g., Stable Diffusion, LLM fine-tuning, Unreal Engine rendering)

This layer enables StarMiner to function like a **programmable cloud platform** but one powered by decentralized resources and priced by transparent token economics.

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#### Why It Matters

By decoupling blockchain consensus, task coordination, and user interaction, StarMiner ensures that:

* Each layer can evolve independently
* Bottlenecks in one domain (e.g., UI or node capacity) don’t compromise the system as a whole
* New use cases from enterprise AI to real-time gaming can onboard with minimal friction

This separation also allows specialized optimization:

* Blockchain layer optimized for finality and security
* Computing protocol optimized for scheduling and liquidity
* Application layer optimized for usability and composability

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In short, StarMiner’s Three-Layer Architecture reflects the core principles of decentralized infrastructure design: **modularity, transparency, and performance at scale**.
