Documentation
Welcome to the Zenon technical documentation.
Getting Started
Papers
The core protocol papers define Zenon’s dual-ledger architecture and verification-first design.
- Lightpaper — Original 2018 proof-of-momentum thesis
- Whitepaper — Network of Momentum leaderless BFT dual-ledger architecture
- Whitepaper Decoded — Annotated walkthrough of the whitepaper
- Greenpaper — Verification-first architecture for dual-ledger systems
- Orangepaper — Scaling Bitcoin through verification-first interoperability
- Purplepaper — Economic and interaction consequences of verification-first architecture
- Indigopaper — Incentives and coordination in a verification-first network
Research
Deep technical research across architecture, consensus, Bitcoin integration, interoperability, and applications.
- Architecture Overview — Node architecture, data structures, execution model
- Consensus & Node Types — Pillars, sentinels, supervisors, sentry nodes
- Momentum & Account Chains — Data fields, header verification, state proofs
- Transaction & Plasma — Admission control, dynamic plasma
- Greenpaper Series — Bounded verification, zApps, proof availability
- Genesis Anchoring — Genesis verification context, lineage verification
- Bounded Verification — Header-only verification, minimal state frontiers
- Bitcoin Integration & SPV — SPV research, anchoring, header relay
- Light Clients — Browser light client architecture
- Interoperability — External verification, GALV composition
- DEX & Applications — Bounded verification for DEX, HTLC/PTLC
- Application Research — zApps, identity, messaging, real estate
- Infrastructure Research — Satellite-assisted relay feasibility
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