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Overview

KIRA is a hypermodular network with a programmable consensus framework designed to support the execution of trustless, blockchain-less applications that function as L2s to the network. While adhering to the principles of modular blockchain design, KIRA provides the full stack necessary to serve a new generation of trustless applications by fulfilling their needs for infrastructure, resources, DA, sequencing, and shared security. KIRA applications run virtualized inside dedicated Docker containers, operated by its unbounded set of validators who individually manage applications while collectively securing and managing the entire KIRA network, which helps to orchestrate and compose these apps. They additionally inherit the benefits of the Virtual Finality Gadget (VFG). This architecture enables application development in any programming language and allows for any customized finality rules, including optimistic and pessimistic verification, ZK proofs, or any bespoke verification logic. KIRA empowers its applications to rival Web2 in user access scale, ease of building, deployment time, and operational costs, with independence from traditional blockchain infrastructures and Virtual Machines (VMs).

Key Components of KIRA Network​

KIRA Network combines several modular components to provide a full-stack experience:

  • SEKAI: SEKAI is KIRA network’s core blockchain application responsible for all on-chain logic, including the settling of users' and app's account balances, preserving state roots’ integrity, and enabling cross-app communication. It plays a crucial role in orchestrating the necessary infrastructure needed to run the apps, liquid capital essential for boosting economic activity and providing shared security for all applications on KIRA.
  • INTERX: INTERX is KIRA’s Content Availability Layer. It ensures rapid, scalable queries and access to on-chain (SEKAI) and off-chain (L2) app data without reliance on third-party RPC service providers such as Infura (Ethereum) and DA networks such as Celestia (Cosmos). INTERX streamlines the creation and maintenance of front-end and L2 applications, eliminating the complexities associated with light clients and providing out-of-the-box support for sequencing, storage, fraud-proof generation, replication, proxy, and middleware layer load-balancing.
  • MIRO: MIRO is KIRA's front-end application, web wallet, and a design pattern for all KIRA L2 apps to follow. It is designed to offer a Web2-like user experience. MIRO is a static and fully self-contained application, enabling users to seamlessly interact with the KIRA blockchain through INTERX from within the security of their browser, with no centralized parties (including certificate authorities) in the middle (or at the security core) of the communication channel between the user and blockchain/app.
  • RYOKAI: RYOKAI supports network operations by automating on-chain and off-chain upgrades, scaling, app deployment, simplifying consensus nodes' management tasks, and enhancing the network's efficiency and security. In other words, RYOKAI is an all-in-one DevOps tool that turns any network participant into an infrastructure expert without the need for years of experience.

Economic Model and Liquidity​

KIRA introduces a novel economic model known as the Initial Liquidity Offering (ILO)[link], designed to ensure that applications launched on the network meet user demand and their ownership tokens have access to sufficient liquidity post-launch. By aligning the incentives of users, developers, Executors, and Verifiers (Fishermen), the ILO model fosters the development and enjoyment of high-quality dApps while enabling all stakeholders to share in these applications' success.

Why Kira?​

  1. Virtual Finality Gadget (VFG) - VFG enables next-gen blockchain-less and resource-heavy apps to exist without the the coordination overhead associated with creation of new networks for every single new use case such as AI, streaming, or gaming.
  2. Infrastructure - KIRA provides the infrastructure necessary to run applications alongside essential resources such as CPU or GPU. Paired with decentralized middleware (INTERX) apps do not have to depend on third-party RPC providers, Executor networks, and DA as all is provided out of the box while developers focus only on what is important - client and server-side logic.
  3. Shared Security - All applications inherit base-layer security. By supporting native LSDs, which enable any token to participate in restaking, KIRA can match the security of user deposits from external networks while preserving liquidity.
  4. Hypermodularity - All components of the KIRA stack adhere to modular design principles while offering full-stack support. Sequencing, Data Availability, Application Hosting, Middleware, Proxy, Caching, Autoscaling, and Infrastructure Management come out of the box. Hardware providers can focus fully on supplying highly available resources while developers can focus on user experience without having to reason about infrastructure or spending months or years learning about and integrating multiple modular products with questionable LTS into a single coherent application.