Security Considerations

To successfully operate an Arx node on the Arcium Network, the Arx node software should be run in a highly reliable infrastructure setup, ensuring maximal uptime and failover protections to avoid punishments for non-participation (see the Censorship Resistance and Slashing section). To meet such reliability needs, Arx nodes operators will seek to implement sophisticated systems to safeguard their nodes, including approaches such as network load balancing, solutions combining physical data-centers with cloud computing services, and direct cloud connections — which bypass the public internet, providing a dedicated network path between an isolated Arx node and the cloud, significantly reducing latency and packet loss while improving security and reliability.

TEEs will also increase the security offered by an Arx node, read more about TEEs in the Trusted Execution Environments section.