# Documentation Index

## Quick Start
- [README.md](../README.md) - Project overview and quick start
- [DEPLOYMENT_QUICK_START.md](DEPLOYMENT_QUICK_START.md) - Fast deployment guide

## Architecture & Design
- [ARCHITECTURE.md](architecture/ARCHITECTURE.md) - System architecture
- [DOCKER_COMPOSE_GUIDE.md](DOCKER_COMPOSE_GUIDE.md) - Docker Compose structure and usage

## Configuration
- [Configuration Index](configuration/CONFIGURATION_INDEX.md) - Which configuration guide to use
- [Network Configuration Guide](configuration/NETWORK_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md) - Besu network configuration
- [Azure/Cloudflare Environment Setup](configuration/AZURE_CLOUDFLARE_ENV_SETUP.md) - Azure and Cloudflare environment variables
- [Contract Deployment Environment Setup](configuration/CONTRACT_DEPLOYMENT_ENV_SETUP.md) - Contract deployment environment variables
- [CLEANUP_PLAN.md](CLEANUP_PLAN.md) - Cleanup and optimization plan
- [PROJECT_OPTIMIZATION_STATUS.md](PROJECT_OPTIMIZATION_STATUS.md) - Current optimization status
- [Archived Cleanup Reports](archive/status-reports/docs-root-legacy/) - Historical cleanup and completion reports

## Deployment
- [DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md](deployment/DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md) - Deployment checklist
- [DEPLOYMENT_STATUS_AND_NEXT_STEPS.md](DEPLOYMENT_STATUS_AND_NEXT_STEPS.md) - Current deployment status

## Operations
- [Runbooks](../runbooks/) - Operational procedures
- [Status Reports Index](operations/status-reports/STATUS_REPORTS_INDEX.md) - Active-vs-archive status navigation

## Archive
- [Archive README](archive/README.md) - Archived files documentation
- [Archived Status Reports](archive/status-reports/README.md) - Historical status-report collections
- [Cleanup Summary](archive/CLEANUP_SUMMARY.md) - Cleanup actions summary

## Consensus Migration
- **Current**: QBFT (as of 2025-11-18)
- **Previous**: IBFT 2.0 (archived)
- See [PROJECT_OPTIMIZATION_STATUS.md](PROJECT_OPTIMIZATION_STATUS.md) for migration details
