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# System Requirements Specification
## Objective
To define the core requirements for a system that fulfills the goals of decentralized backend ownership — enabling individuals and organizations to control, operate, and interact through their own backend environments without relying on centralized infrastructure.
## Functional Requirements
### 1. **Isolated Execution Contexts**
- Each user or peer must operate within a distinct, logically isolated execution context.
- Contexts must not be able to interfere with each other's state or runtime.
### 2. **Cross-Context Communication**
- Peers must be able to initiate interactions with other peers.
- Communication must include origin metadata (who initiated it), and be authorized by the target context.
### 3. **Delegated Execution**
- A peer must be able to send code or instructions to another peer for execution, under the recipient's policies.
- The recipient must treat the execution as contextualized by the caller, but constrained by its own local rules.
### 4. **Ownership of Logic and Data**
- Users must be able to inspect, modify, and extend the logic that governs their backend.
- Data storage and access policies must be under the control of the peer.
### 5. **Composability and Modifiability**
- System behavior must be defined by open, composable modules or scripts.
- Users must be able to override default behavior or extend it with minimal coupling.
## Non-Functional Requirements
### 6. **Security and Isolation**
- Scripts or instructions from external peers must be sandboxed and policy-checked.
- Each execution context must enforce boundaries between data and logic.
### 7. **Resilience and Redundancy**
- Failure of one peer or node must not impact others.
- Communication must be asynchronous and fault-tolerant.
### 8. **Portability**
- A peers logic and data must be portable across environments and host infrastructure.
- No assumption of persistent centralized hosting.
### 9. **Transparency**
- All logic must be auditable by its owner.
- Communications between peers must be observable and traceable.
### 10. **Scalability**
- The system must support large numbers of peer contexts, potentially hosted on shared infrastructure without compromising logical separation.
These requirements define the baseline for any system that claims to decentralize backend control and empower users to operate their own programmable, connected environments.