# Architecture

This section covers each component of Nexus.

#### Components

| Component       | Role                                                               | Status      |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| NexusBFT        | BFT consensus with single-slot finality                            | Mainnet     |
| NexusEVM        | EVM-compatible smart contract execution, 1-second blocks           | Mainnet     |
| Compute Network | Distributed validity proof generation via the Nexus zkVM           | Testnet     |
| Nexus zkVM      | Experimental zkVM native to the Nexus ecosystem                    | Version 3.0 |
| NexusCore       | Specialized financial coprocessors — the Exchange execution engine | H2 2026     |
| Sequencer       | Will order transactions and dispatch to NexusCore and NexusEVM     | H2 2026     |


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