logos-web/content/pages/en/technology-stack-networking.json

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  "title": "Networking: Discovery, Peering & Mixnet",
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          "title": "VACP2P — Communication and privacy research.",
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          "title": "NIM-LIBP2P — Nim implementation of the libp2p networking stack.",
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          "title": "MIX-RLN-SPAM-PROTECTION-PLUGIN — RLN-based DoS protection for libp2p mixnets.",
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        "body": "The networking layer is in active development toward testnet, with capability discovery and the libp2p mixnet as leading priorities. In the future, Service Discovery will replace the legacy discovery mechanism inside Logos Messaging.",
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      "description": "The networking layer treats all traffic alike, whether the modules above it are storing files, sending messages, or processing transactions. Messages route through multiple relay nodes that mix and delay traffic, so timing and volume reveal little to an outside observer. Nodes advertise and find one another through a capability discovery protocol with no central registry, and the peering layer maintains connections across the network.\n\nBecause privacy is implemented at the foundation, every module built on the networking layer inherits it without having to implement anonymity itself.",
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          "title": "Spam Resistance: RLN and Zerokit",
          "description": "An anonymous network needs a way to stop abuse without identifying its users. A Rate Limiting Nullifier (RLN) does exactly that, using zero-knowledge proofs: each member can send up to a set rate while staying anonymous, and exceeding that rate makes their identity recoverable so the network can remove them. The cryptography lives in Zerokit, a Rust library containing cryptographic modules designed for performance, security, and usability.",
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          "title": "Install Basecamp",
          "description": "Download the local launcher for apps built on Logos",
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