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§ ARCHITECTURE

One layer. Infinite access.

A modular stack where each tier is independently verifiable and hot-swappable. Run the full network, or pick exactly what you need.

The stack

L5

Application & partner APIs

REST · gRPC · WebSocket · SDK × 11 languages

L4

Compliance engine

Travel-rule · OFAC · MiCA · DORA · Risk scoring · Attestations

L3

Payment & settlement rail

T+0 · Atomic multi-leg · 47 fiat currencies · 9 CBDCs · ISO 20022

L2

Tokenization fabric

RWA issuance · Smart contracts · Multi-chain bridges · DvP settlement

L1

Identity & key custody

ZK-biometric · HSM · MPC · Sovereign DID · FIDO2

Trace a transaction

Every hop across the stack is attested. Here is a real cross-border settlement, end to end.

aether@core:~/ $ trace --tx 0xa0f…c12
→ identity verify(did:aether:0xa0f…c12) OK [42 ms]
→ compliance screen(FATF, MiCA, OFAC) OK [18 ms]
→ fx quote(USD→SGD, 250,000.00) OK [6 ms]
→ settle atomic(NY → SG) FINAL [312 ms]
→ attest seal(merkle_root, zk_proof) OK [9 ms]

TX 0xa0f…c12 confirmed · T+0 · 387 ms end-to-end
P50 LATENCY

284 ms

P99 LATENCY

712 ms

THROUGHPUT

284K tps

Why it's built this way

DESIGN

Modular by default

Each layer exposes a clean API boundary. Use the full stack or compose exactly the layers you need.

SCALE

1.2M TPS capacity

Horizontal scaling across 148 node regions. Burst capacity provisioned on demand.

TRUST

Independently verifiable

Every layer emits cryptographic attestations. Audit any transaction end-to-end without trusting AETHER directly.

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