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# Zion Protocol Architecture

- [Overview](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/overview.md)
- [Decentralized Identifiers DIDs](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/did.md)
- [Sidetree](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/did/sidetree.md)
- [DID Universal Resource Identifier](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/did/did-universal-resource-identifier.md)
- [DID Operations](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/did/did-operations.md)
- [Verifiable Credentials](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/did/verifiable-credentials.md)
- [Decentralized Web Nodes](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/decentralized-web-nodes.md)
- [Messages](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/decentralized-web-nodes/messages.md)
- [DWN Requests](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/decentralized-web-nodes/dwn-requests.md)
- [Bitcoin Lightning Network](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/bitcoin-lightning-network.md)
- [Taro](https://docs.zion.fyi/architecture/bitcoin-lightning-network/taro.md)