BLAKE3
Cryptography
High-performance cryptographic hash function used as universal hashing primitive in QF Network
Comment: Replaces default Polkadot SDK (ex Substrate) hash functions for performance optimization
Planned Optimizations
Terms (A–Z)
Section titled “Terms (A–Z)”B
C
Cap'n Proto
Infrastructure
High-performance RPC serialization protocol with zero-copy decoding and promise pipelining
Comment: Used for QF Network's RPC layer to achieve sub-100ms response times
contracts-ui
Development
Web interface for deploying and interacting with smart contracts
Comment: Adapted for QF Network smart contract interaction
H
HashDB
Storage
An interface for accessing blockchain state similar to a key-value store.
Comment: Part of QF Network's state storage optimization.
I
iroh
N
NOISE
Security
Cryptographic protocol framework for secure key exchange without centralized certificate authorities
Comment: Used with nQUIC for node-to-node encryption
nQUIC
Infrastructure
A modified version of the QUIC protocol using the NOISE protocol for key exchange.
Comment: Used for efficient, low-latency node-to-node communication.
Q
QMDB
Storage
An embedded key-value store designed specifically for storing Merkelized data in the blockchain context.
Comment: Optimized for Merkle storage.
S
Smoldot
Development
Lightweight blockchain client implementation that can run in browsers and resource-constrained environments
Comment: Core component for QF Network light client support