# Architecture Overview

#### Core Components

* **Compliance UTXO**
  * Holds root, timestamp, epoch, signature, midnight reference.
  * Updated when sanctions/risk lists change, or when new users are onboarded.
* **Merkle Proofs**
  * Submitted by users in transactions.
  * Leaf = `{ address, claims, kyc_verified_at }`.
* **Policy Engine (Aiken)**
  * Verifies membership, signature, timestamp vs. max-age, and sanctions epoch freshness.
* **Trust Registry (future)**
  * Will manage Fairway issuer keys + versioning.

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#### Mermaid (high level)

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  A[User completes KYC once] --> B[Vault stores PII + kyc_verified_at]
  B --> M[Midnight proof UTXO posted]
  M --> C[Compliance UTXO root, kyc_verified_at, sanctions_epoch, sig]
  C --> D[dApp Validator]
  D -->|Proof verified, timestamp ok, epoch fresh| E[YES → allow]
  D -->|fail| F[NO → deny]

```

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