Blockchain technology has the potential to change the narrative and the core concept of traditional digital human communication and data management (i.e. email, messaging, data file transfers, data file management, etc.); from custodial to non-custodial; from centralized to decentralized; from permissioned to permissionless, and; from free but mined to payable but yours. Enters 4thTech with L1/L2 secured “on-chain” communication infrastructure framework powered by a dedicated SDK (i.e. software development kit).
The goal of this article extends beyond just detailing 4thTech’s unique development. The article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of 4thTech’s role within the Ethereum ecosystem of human “on-chain” communication, the challenges it faced, and the strategic rationale behind its design.
4thTech is a Block Labs project built as a Web3 infrastructure technology occupying the protocol, encryption, and SDK layers, enabling the existence of “on-chain” communication applications and various use cases. With the goal of becoming a go-to framework for developers, 4thTech developed and deployed integrator-focused core building blocks;
(1) OCC (i.e. on-chain communication) Protocol v.1; (2) infrastructure-dedicated OCC SDK; (3) UI (i.e. user interface) white-label stack, and (4) multi-level integration licensing with build-in economics.