Composable Architecture

The problem with upgrading

Adding new features to a live blockchain typically requires a consensus breaking change that involves a coordinated governance action.

This upgrade process introduces major friction to the blockchain development lifecycle and can greatly limit the speed of protocol reform and enhancements.

How would you upgrade on other stacks? Re-build? Multi-layer governance? Social coordination?

Frictionless additions

👉 Rather than growing on a single chain...

• Canopy chains can transform into an application-specific ecosystem without any governance action.

• This is a simple process of activating security features and cloning the Canopy blockchain for their new use-cases.

• This process distributes workloads and lessens the reliance on single validator groups.

Sharding as a feature

• Canopy chains are able to quickly scale by adding interoperable sibling chains

• Horizontal clones enable a distribution of workload — lessening the reliance on single validator groups