96.9%
read success
18.69
mean pacts
925B
avg event
What's broken
The relay-dependent model has fundamental flaws.
Single point of failure
One relay goes down, your data goes dark. No redundancy, no fallback, no recourse.
No storage incentive
Relays store your data out of goodwill. There's no economic reason to keep it, and no penalty for deleting it.
Invisible lock-in
You can switch relays, but your followers can't find you. Discovery is still centralized around relay lists.
Metadata exposure
Relays see who you talk to, when, and how often. IP logging is trivial. Your social graph is transparent.
Star topology vs. mesh topology
From relay-dependent to peer-sovereign.
Nostr (Star)
Hub fails → everyone disconnects
Gozzip (Mesh)
Any node fails → network self-heals
Layered architecture
Extending Nostr, not replacing it
Event kinds
Seven new Nostr event kinds power the protocol. Each one maps to a real human behavior.
Checkpoint
What's inside
Per-device event heads, Merkle root, profile refs
In human terms
Writing in your diary — a personal record of where you left off
Pact Accept
What's inside
Mutual agreement, volume terms, pubkeys
In human terms
Shaking hands on a deal — both sides commit
Proof of Storage
What's inside
H(events[i..j] || nonce) challenge-response
In human terms
"Do you still have my stuff?" — spot-checking a friend
Pact Request
What's inside
Volume estimate, min pact count, TTL
In human terms
Putting up a "looking for storage partners" sign
Pact Offer
What's inside
WoT-qualified response, capacity terms
In human terms
Raising your hand to volunteer
Data Request
What's inside
Blinded pubkey target, TTL = 3 hops
In human terms
Asking friends "have you seen this?"
Cached Endpoint
What's inside
IP/port of online partners, TTL-scoped
In human terms
Sharing a friend's phone number — with permission
Pact formation
3-phase DVM negotiation
kind 10055 — Pact Request
"I need storage partners. Here's my volume estimate."
kind 10056 — Pact Offer
"I can help. Here's what I can store."
kind 10053 — Pact Accept
"Deal. We're partners now."
Qualification Rules
WoT membership required
|V_p - V_q| / max(V_p, V_q) ≤ 0.30
Minimum 7-day account age
Keepers & Witnesses
Two node types, one resilient network
Keeper (Full Node)
Witness (Light Node)
10 pacts (<100 followers) → 20 → 30 → 40+ (10k+)
Retrieval cascade
Four tiers, fastest to slowest
96.9% overall success rate
Blinded data requests
Privacy by design
bp = H(target_pubkey || YYYY-MM-DD)Daily rotating blinded pubkey — identity changes every 24 hours
Storage peers can't identify the original requester
Observers cannot link requests across days
Trust verification
Challenge-response protocol
score' = score × 0.95 + result × 0.05≥ 90% → Healthy
70–90% → Degraded — increase frequency
50–70% → Unreliable — begin replacement
< 50% → Failed — drop, promote standby
5,000-node simulation
Validated at scale
Read Attempts
0
Success Rate
0
Pacts Formed
0
Pacts Dropped
0
Churn Rate
0
Mean Pacts
0