Chainlink
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Context
This figure appears in the Introduction when describing the long-term vision for 'abstracting away complexity,' one of the seven key design goals of Chainlink 2.0. It depicts an aspirational future state where a decentralized metalayer compiler automatically generates all on-chain and off-chain components of a DApp from a single high-level specification. The whitepaper positions this as a long-term research goal rather than a near-term deliverable.
What This Figure Shows
The figure shows a developer specifying a DApp (highlighted in pink) as a virtual application in a unified machine model. A decentralized-metalayer compiler then automatically generates the corresponding interoperating functionalities highlighted in yellow: smart contracts (SC), DON logic (exec), adapters connecting to target external services, and so forth. This is analogous to how modern compilers allow generalist programmers to exploit heterogeneous hardware—CPUs, GPUs, and specialized accelerators—without manually coding for each. The compiler handles the partitioning of logic across blockchains, DONs, and external services transparently.
Significance
This figure represents Chainlink's most ambitious architectural vision—a future where developers can build fully decentralized applications without needing to understand the distinction between on-chain and off-chain systems. Though acknowledged as a long-horizon goal, it provides an aspirational north star that guides the nearer-term design decisions presented throughout the whitepaper.
