One of the most exciting implications of the fabric architecture is enabling iterative experimentation of new features. The fabric architecture enables entrepreneurs or community members with good ideas for blockchain-level features to implement those features in a way that interfaces with the rest of the fabric and allows the new features to be used in a live environment, yet is isolated enough that any failed experiment does not affect the security, stability or long-term maintenance of the rest of the fabric. This compartmentalized, modular approach applies not only to third-party enhancements, but is in fact how all of the chain's core functionality will be implemented under the new architecture; even the most core functions like account creation, block producer selection, and supply of STEEM. In addition to its scalability benefits, the fabric architecture will greatly improve the development experience—decreasing the cost and increasing the pace of innovation—for both Steemit's own team, and for anyone who wants to build on the Steem Blockchain as a platform.
'The Fabric'
