State Transitions Anchored on Bitcoin

Although state data is only held within the Arch Network, each state transition is anchored with a bitcoin transaction. All transitions and their associated data can be requested from the Arch Network and cryptographically verified. While program execution is anchored on bitcoin transactions, throughput of the Arch Network is not bottlenecked by bitcoin block time, but only by validator hardware capability.

The Arch Network maintains real-time state, allowing for bitcoin transaction chains to be built up within the bitcoin mempool. Because these unconfirmed bitcoin transactions are controlled by the Arch Network distributed keys, the network can be confident that double spends of state transitions will not occur, and all state transitions will all eventually be incorporated into the bitcoin blockchain, which provides finality for those who need ultimate security, like waiting to transfer physical or non-bitcoin assets.