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Transaction Lifecycle

The easiest way to understand the full system is to follow transactions that touch settlement, the gate app, and application execution environments.

Deposits​

Deposits go through the bridge first. The bridge records the asset movement, the gate app receives the deposit event, and the gate routes the asset to the target app.

N1 deposit lifecycle overview

Withdrawals​

Withdrawals start in the target app. The app sends the withdrawal to the gate, and the gate forwards it to settlement during the next settlement update.

N1 withdrawal lifecycle overview

Cross-app transfers​

Cross-app transfers are composed of app-level messages. The source app sends a transfer to the gate or destination app, and the destination app credits the user once the ordered message is processed.

N1 cross-app transfer lifecycle overview

The important property is that most work stays inside the execution network. Settlement is used for security, data availability, and bridge effects rather than every internal app action.