BOS is a blockchain-based protocol designed for creating and deploying decentralized front-ends, which aims to revolutionize the way we develop and interact with decentralized applications. The main goal of BOS is to make Web 3.0 accessible to all users.

BOS is built on three pillars: Gateways, Components, and Blockchains.

Gateways

Gateways enable the general public to access locally hosted decentralized front-ends. These gateways consist of a Virtual Machine (VM) that is specifically designed to load and run front-ends built on different blockchains such as Ethereum, L2, or NEAR. The code for these front-ends is stored on the NEAR blockchain.

Components

Components are front-ends for application layer protocols (such as Lido, Uniswap, Aave) that are only stored on the blockchain. These applications can be displayed in the gateway similar to smart contracts on Etherscan. Developers can fork and deploy their own versions of these applications or compose components together.

Blockchains

Components can make function calls to any blockchain with support for all EVM/L2 and NEAR chains. The source code for application front-ends is stored on the NEAR blockchain, which is very cheap overall because of its low data storage costs.

Impact

BOS helps to create secure and agile front-ends for Web 3.0 applications. Users can run blockchain applications locally to increase resistance to censorship. The code for components is always on-chain, increasing security and enabling local execution of the entire stack. BOS supports composability and the easy creation of new front-ends for smart contracts on the mainnet. As BOS is chain-agnostic, it provides developers working with multiple chains with a flexible solution.

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