<p>The long-term aim of the CIC network is to be agnostic of consensus engines. However, since we have to start <em>somewhere</em>, the current state of development only deals with Smart Contracts on the (Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
<p>The long-term aim of the CIC network is to be agnostic of consensus engines. However, since we have to start <em>somewhere</em>, the current state of development only deals with Smart Contracts on the (Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
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<spanid="The-registry-contract"></span><h4class="subsection">1.1.2 The registry contract</h4>
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<h4class="subsection">1.1.2 The registry contract</h4>
<p>The CICRegistry contract defines the entry-point to the entire CIC network. All other CIC network resources can be discovered through this contract.
<p>The CICRegistry contract defines the entry-point to the entire CIC network. All other CIC network resources can be discovered through this contract.
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<p>Its implementation is contained in the <samp>cic-registry</samp> repository. Details about it are documented further in that section.
<p>Its implementation is contained in the <samp>cic-registry</samp> repository. Details about it are documented further in that section.
<p>All other Smart Contracts in the network other than CICRegistry are essentially optional, and each applies <em>at least one</em> the interfaces defined in the <code>cic-contracts</code> repository.
<p>All other Smart Contracts in the network other than CICRegistry are essentially optional, and each applies <em>at least one</em> the interfaces defined in the <code>cic-contracts</code> repository.
<p>A key-value store, which resolves arbitrary 32-byte pointers to Ethereum addresses. Typically, this is used to resolve an address from a well-known identifier, either as a UTF-8 value or a 256-bit hash.
<p>A key-value store, which resolves arbitrary 32-byte pointers to Ethereum addresses. Typically, this is used to resolve an address from a well-known identifier, either as a UTF-8 value or a 256-bit hash.
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<p>It also provides numerical index access to all registered values in order of insertion.
<p>It also provides numerical index access to all registered values in order of insertion.
<p>A subset of the <code>Registry</code> interface, which defines only the non-transactional methods of the contract. The <code>Registry Client</code> interface is implemented by the <code>CICRegistry</code>contract.
<p>A subset of the <code>Registry</code> interface, which defines only the non-transactional methods of the contract. The <code>Registry Client</code> interface is implemented by the <code>CICRegistry</code>contract.
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