🍥Architecture
Astral Gate is built with a modular and minimal architecture designed to maximize security, transparency, and reliability. Each component has a clear responsibility, reducing complexity while ensuring safe cross-chain execution.
The system reduces UX to one transaction, while internally coordinating plan validation, gas abstraction, cross-chain execution, and settlement.
Architecture
Astral Gate is built with a modular and minimal architecture designed to maximize security, transparency, and reliability. Each component has a clear responsibility, reducing complexity while ensuring safe cross-chain execution.
High-Level Overview
Astral Gate consists of four core layers working together:
User Interface Layer
Bridge Smart Contract Layer
Messaging & Verification Layer
Optional P2P Execution Layer
User Interface Layer
The Astral Gate interface provides a simple entry point for users to initiate bridge transactions. Users select the source chain, destination chain, token, and amount. The interface abstracts technical complexity while preserving full transparency of transaction status.
This layer does not custody funds and only interacts with smart contracts.
Messaging & Verification Layer
This layer is responsible for relaying and validating cross-chain messages between networks. It ensures that lock events on the source chain are correctly verified before any release occurs on the destination chain.
The verification system is designed to prevent double-spending, replay attacks, and invalid execution.
Optional P2P Execution Layer
Astral Gate supports an optional peer-to-peer (P2P) execution layer. In this mode, approved P2P handlers can provide liquidity on the destination chain and fulfill transfers instantly.
On-chain settlement logic ensures that P2P executions remain trust-minimized and verifiable.
Modular & Upgradeable Design
Astral Gate’s architecture is modular, allowing individual components to be upgraded or expanded without affecting the entire system. This enables:
Gradual migration to fully native Astral contracts
Integration of new chains
Addition of developer APIs and tooling
Security-Oriented by Design
By limiting each component to a specific role and avoiding unnecessary dependencies, Astral Gate reduces attack surface and increases overall protocol resilience.
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