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DEF service catalog

Each DEF is a capability nodes opt into. Live participation counts and enrollment badges fill in as the network reports them.
Consensus
— pending
def:consensus
Block production, BFT voting, finality. Bonded stake.
DA · recent
— pending
def:block-storage/recent
Erasure-coded chunks with a short TTL. Network position and reliability.
DA · archival
— pending
def:block-storage/archival
Full block history from genesis. Storage capacity and uptime.
DA · headers
— pending
def:block-storage/headers
Headers-only for light clients. Uptime and geographic diversity.
DSF · content
— pending
def:dsf/content
Content-addressed object store, erasure-coded across metros.
DSF · state
— pending
def:dsf/state
Mutable structured KV with queryable views. Capability-scoped.
XSR · cpu
— pending
def:xsr
WASM/WASI sandboxed execution for CPU-bound functions.
XSR · render
— pending
def:xsr/render
GPU rendering — frames, video, scenes.
XSR · infer
— pending
def:xsr/infer
GPU inference, per-token billing, capability-gated.
NIE · edge
— pending
def:nie
Networking, ingress, and edge streaming gateway. Ciphertext relay.
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