# 2.3 High-Level Architecture The architecture integrates four major components: #### (1) On-chain Provenance Layer * Stores commitments to knowledge content * Manages authorship and validation metadata * Mints Knowledge Assets (GKA) * Executes royalty distribution #### (2) Off-chain Encrypted Knowledge Layer * Stores raw knowledge content & annotations * Enforces cryptographic access permissions * Supports retrieval for training and inference #### (3) Knowledge Asset Protocol * Defines ownership, rights, and reward mechanisms * Enables composability across models and applications * Tracks knowledge dependencies and inheritance #### (4) Inference Meter A specialized subsystem that: * Monitors knowledge usage during inference * Computes attribution and royalty weights * Generates payment events for contributors Together, these components allow Gnosis Layer to function as a complete intelligence economy: a system where knowledge is valued, secured, consumed, and compensated transparently. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.gnosislayer.xyz/2.-system-overview/2.3-high-level-architecture.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.