Node Overview

Node Architecture

Each zkShine node belongs to one or more operational categories, forming a distributed privacy mesh:

Node Type	Role	Description
🧠 Compute Node	zk Proof Engine	Generates and verifies zk-SNARK/zk-STARK proofs for confidential computation and AI tasks.
🛰️ Relayer Node	Privacy Transaction Layer	Rebroadcasts Solana transactions through anonymous relays to unlink wallet and IP identities.
🌐 VPN Node	Network Privacy Layer	Provides encrypted tunnels for RPC requests and Solana wallet connectivity.
🔒 Vault Node	Data Privacy Layer	Hosts encrypted zkVault files and manages zero-knowledge access proofs.

Each type can be operated independently or combined into a multi-role node for optimized performance and higher rewards.