Dual-Chain Model
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Dual-Chain Model
Every Cerulea deployment is one of two sovereign architectures, Public L1 or Cerulea Private. This selection, made at project creation in Studio, determines all subsequent decisions about governance, infrastructure ownership, compliance posture, and validator control. Both architectures are complete, standalone blockchain environments accessed through the same interface.
Public L1
The Public L1 operates as Cerulea's open, permissionless blockchain network. Validators are admitted through the DCF policy registry. Governance is token-weighted and community-driven. All chain activity is publicly visible through Cerulea Explorer. The Public L1 is appropriate for dApps, token systems, public registries, and open ecosystem services.
Cerulea Private
Cerulea Private deployments are sovereign enterprise blockchain environments. The deploying organisation owns the validator infrastructure, holds governance authority, and has exclusive access to all chain state. Zero vendor access exists, Cerulea cannot read transaction payloads or smart contract state. This architecture is appropriate for regulated industries, government use cases, supply chain systems, and any environment where data sovereignty and compliance authority are non-negotiable.
Optional Bridge Connectivity
Both chain types can optionally connect through the Cross-Chain Bridge Engine. This enables selective asset transfers and message passing between Public L1 and Private Chain environments without compromising the sovereignty of either. Bridge connectivity must be explicitly configured, it is never assumed or applied by default.