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@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ --- schema: foundry-topic-v1 title: "Platform Architecture Overview" slug: architecture category: architecture status: published last_edited: 2026-04-30 editor: pointsav-engineering --- The PointSav platform is designed around two structural properties: distributed cryptographic consistency and sovereign bootability. Both properties are preserved across cloud and offline-vault environments simultaneously. ## Distributed cryptographic state A single archive can exist across multiple physical environments — an active cloud node and an offline vault — while maintaining a single, unified cryptographic state. The two environments share an identical root Merkle hash at all times. - **Active cloud node** — the live, networked copy of the archive. - **Offline vault** — a physically isolated copy that mirrors the cloud node's Merkle root without a persistent network connection. This shared-root property means an auditor can verify the integrity of either copy against the same hash without needing both to be online simultaneously. ## Archive collapse and portability When an operator issues the collapse command, the platform compresses the federated cloud index and the offline physical copy into a single transferable entity. The result is a self-executing bootable image (`.ISO` or `.IMG` format). The collapse operation is explicit and operator-initiated. It is not automatic and does not run on a schedule. ## Sovereign bootable image The resulting image is a self-contained operating environment. It can be deployed on bare-metal hardware or imported into a commercial cloud environment. The image carries the full archive state, making it possible to reconstitute the system on new hardware without reconstructing data from a remote source. This property is intended to guarantee operational continuity when a primary deployment environment becomes unavailable. ## See also - [[worm-ledger-architecture]] — WORM ledger design that underpins archive integrity - [[compounding-substrate]] — how structural properties compound across deployments - [[customer-hostability]] — the design properties that allow a customer to host the full stack --- *Copyright © 2026 Woodfine Capital Projects Inc. Licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). PointSav™ and Foundry™ are unregistered trademarks of Woodfine Capital Projects Inc.*