Architecture Specification

Target audience: Evaluators, Contributors Goal: Understand the technical architecture of StageX's bootstrap chain.

This page is under active development. It will document the technical details of each bootstrap stage and the toolchain components.

The StageX bootstrap chain follows a stage0/1/2/3/X progression, starting from a minimal binary seed and building up to a complete toolchain entirely from source code. Each stage produces a trusted binary that verifies the next.

In the meantime, see:

• Tutorial: Understanding Full-Source Bootstrapping -- Narrative walkthrough of each bootstrap stage with explanations of what happens at every step
• Explanation: Why Full-Source Bootstrapping Matters -- Deep dive into the Trusting Trust problem and why reproducible builds matter for supply chain security

See Also

• Tutorial: Understanding Full-Source Bootstrapping — Narrative walkthrough of each bootstrap stage.
• Explanation: Why Full-Source Bootstrapping Matters — Conceptual background on the Trusting Trust problem.