How Does kOS Work?

This page is dedicated to illustrating how the KRNL Operating System, kOS, works when a dApp submits a transaction to a smart contract, and how smart contracts receive responses from kernels.

Keep in mind that figures are high-level concepts.

1. A dApp sends a request to the KRNL node

2. The KRNL node sends a request to the list of predefined kernels

3. Each kernel will be executed until all selected kernels are completed

4. Responses from kernels will be sent back to the KRNL node

5. The node sends received responses to Token Authority

6. Token Authority examines the responses and passes them back to the node

7. The KRNL node provides responses from Token Authority to a dApp

8. A dApp is able to submit a transaction to a smart contract

A smart contract will receive the responses from the selected kernels and Token Authority.

It will then make the final decision whether the transaction should go through (succeed) or not (failure).