Introduction

Lightstreams is a technology stack for developing decentralized applications. The stack has a fast blockchain designed to support responsive applications and a decentralized datastore with privacy controls.

Lightstreams consists of two public networks:

• A fast Etheruem-compatible blockchain network with smart contracts capabilities to manage application flow.

• The IPFS network for storing application data in decentralized manner with privacy controls for accessing data.

Components

The Lightstreams technology stack consists of the following components.

• ​Lightchain - An Ethereum-compatible blockchain client that provides improvements in speed.

• ​Smart Vault - A decentralized datastore with privacy controls.

• ​Lightstreams SDK - A Software Development Kit for interacting with a Lightstreams node.

• ​Gateway API - An interface for application to easily connect to the Lightstreams network.

• ​Lightstreams Block Explorer - For viewing transactions recorded on the Lightstreams blockchain.

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