# Technical Architecture

X1 EcoChain’s architecture is optimized around its low-powered nodes and PoN consensus. In the overview, each node in the network runs an EcoChain client, participates in consensus, and hosts smart contracts and assets. Nodes connect in a peer-to-peer mesh, forming a global overlay network. This distributed topology is illustrated below:

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