The GIF Microservices layer can contain any number of off-chain utility services supplementing the on-chain functionality. For example, statistical monitoring of events triggered by contracts, making email or IM notifications, accepting fiat payments for policies, as well as making fiat payouts. By design, any DIP product should be a fully functional insurance app on-chain even without any support from the GIF Microservices Layer. However, the Microservices Layer can provide a greater level of usability and convenience to both product builders and customers.
We have organized off-chain operations as a collection of loosely coupled services, each implementing a single independent function. This state is also known as ‘decomposition by business capabilities’.
Here we discuss the Microservices Layer and its application to decentralized insurance products.
