TLAY Product Architecture

14. Product Status

TLAY is an evolving infrastructure stack. Documentation should distinguish current capabilities from the broader network vision.

BoAT MER#

  • Open source under Apache 2.0.
  • C runtime for constrained and embedded environments.
  • ESP32 is the primary current hardware family, with portability abstractions for additional targets.
  • Core identity, cryptography, event signing, BLE commerce, EVM/EIP-3009, x402, and micro-USDC workflows are available at varying maturity levels.
  • Lightning/LNbits support is implemented but less exercised than the primary EVM path.
  • The runtime does not operate settlement infrastructure itself.

Repository: github.com/TLAY-IO/boat-mer

HashAnchor#

  • TypeScript client SDK is open source under Apache 2.0.
  • Hash and supported-content submission, Merkle batching, status queries, portable receipts, and offline inclusion verification are current capabilities.
  • x402 V2 settlement on EVM using USDC is a current shipped path.
  • Some additional settlement capabilities are server-side, private, or roadmap features.
  • The current multi-tenant server is a managed service rather than a self-hostable open-source package.
  • The SDK is currently installed from the project source/versioned repository path rather than assumed to be available from a public npm release.

Repository: github.com/TLAY-IO/hashanchor

Strategic Direction#

The product direction is to make both products easy to adopt as open infrastructure and use them as entry points into a larger managed network. Monetization can concentrate on:

  • managed HashAnchor usage;
  • high-volume anchoring and verification;
  • payment and settlement orchestration;
  • enterprise identity and policy management;
  • fleet operations and analytics;
  • compliance and audit tooling;
  • industry-specific Machine Commerce Enabler deployments;
  • service-level agreements, support, and private infrastructure.

This aligns adoption with network growth: the easier it is to give a machine an account or create a proof, the more economic activity can enter the TLAY ecosystem.