# IndeeHub Architecture — Legacy vs Decentralized

**Full comparison with summary of changes and pros/cons:** [docs/ARCHITECTURE.html](docs/ARCHITECTURE.html)

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## Quick Reference

| Layer       | Legacy                          | Current                    |
| :---------- | :------------------------------ | :------------------------- |
| Auth        | Cognito                         | Nostr (NIP-07, 46, 98)     |
| Payments    | Stripe                          | BTCPay (Lightning)         |
| Storage     | AWS S3 / CloudFront             | MinIO                      |
| Database    | PostgreSQL (RDS)                | PostgreSQL                 |
| Queue       | —                               | Redis + BullMQ             |
| Relay       | External                        | Self-hosted nostr-rs-relay |
| Deployment  | AWS ECS                         | Docker / Portainer         |
| Frontend    | React                           | Vue 3 + Vite               |
| Backend     | NestJS                          | NestJS                     |
| Encryption  | BuyDRM/KeyOS (Widevine/FairPlay) | AES-128 HLS                |
| Transcoding | External API (ECS)              | FFmpeg + MinIO             |