YAKMESH is a high-resiliency, decentralized networking layer designed for the 2026 threat landscape. Built with quantum-resistant cryptography at its core and anchored by PCIe atomic timing synchronization, YAKMESH provides a "sturdy" substrate for distributed systems that cannot afford to fail.

Why YAKMESH?

In an era where traditional ECDSA is increasingly vulnerable and network jitter can desynchronize global state, YAKMESH offers a three-pillar solution:

🌿 Yielding Resilience: A self-healing mesh topology that adapts to node failure and adversarial interference without central authority.

⚛️ Atomic Precision: Integrated support for PCIe atomic clock hardware, enabling hardware timestamping with support for high-precision time sources for low-latency synchronization.

🔐 Quantum Hardened: Fully compatible with Project Zond and the QRL (Quantum Resistant Ledger) ecosystem, utilizing stateless lattice-based signatures (ML-DSA) from Genesis.

The Y.A.K.M.E.S.H. Philosophy

| Letter | Principle | Description | |--------|-----------|-------------| | Y | Yielding | Not brittle; flexible enough to absorb network shocks | | A | Atomic | Grounded in the absolute truth of physical time | | K | Kernel | The essential, innermost part of the secure stack | | M | Modular | Swap out encryption primitives or transport layers as tech evolves | | E | Encryption | Privacy and integrity by default | | S | Secured | Hardened against both classical and quantum vectors | | H | Hub | A nexus for decentralized data and peer-to-peer logic |

Features

• 🔒 Post-Quantum Secure - ML-DSA-65 (NIST FIPS 204) signatures
• 🔮 Self-Verifying Oracle - Deterministic validation without external trust
• 🌐 Mesh Networking - P2P WebSocket communication with gossip protocol
• ⏱️ Precision Timing - Support for atomic clocks, GPS, PTP, NTP
• 🔌 Plugin Architecture - Adapters for any database or API
• 🛡️ Phase Modulation - Time-based anti-replay protection

Quick Start

npm install yakmesh

import { YakmeshNode } from 'yakmesh';

const node = new YakmeshNode({
  node: { name: 'My Node' },
  network: { httpPort: 3000, wsPort: 9001 },
});

await node.start();

CLI

# Initialize a new node
npx yakmesh init

# Start the node
npx yakmesh start

# Check status
npx yakmesh status

Documentation

Full documentation available at yakmesh.dev

Architecture

yakmesh/
├── oracle/           # Self-verifying validation engine
├── mesh/             # WebSocket P2P networking
├── gossip/           # Epidemic-style message propagation
├── identity/         # Post-quantum key management
├── database/         # SQLite replication engine
├── adapters/         # Platform integration plugins
├── webserver/        # Embedded Caddy web server
└── server/           # HTTP/WS server

Network Identity

Each YAKMESH network has a unique identity derived from configurable salts:

import { setIdentityConfig } from 'yakmesh/oracle/network-identity.js';

setIdentityConfig({
  networkPrefix: 'my',           // Network ID prefix
  identitySalt: 'my-app-v1',     // Unique network salt
});

// Different salt = different network (cannot interoperate)

Time Source Trust Levels

| Level | Source | Tolerance | Oracle Capable | |-------|--------|-----------|----------------| | ATOMIC | PCIe atomic clock | ±100ms | ✅ Yes | | GPS | GPS with PPS | ±500ms | ✅ Yes | | PTP | IEEE 1588 (Meinberg) | ±500ms | ⚠️ Partial | | NTP | Standard NTP | ±5000ms | ❌ No |

Adapters

Create custom adapters by extending BaseAdapter:

import { BaseAdapter } from 'yakmesh/adapters/base-adapter.js';

class MyAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
  async init() { /* Connect to your database */ }
  getSchema() { return { tables: ['users', 'orders'] }; }
  async fetchChanges(since) { /* Return changed records */ }
  async applyChange(table, record, op) { /* Write to database */ }
}

Official Adapters

• @yakmesh/adapter-peerquanta - PeerQuanta phpBB marketplace

API Endpoints

| Endpoint | Method | Description | |----------|--------|-------------| | /health | GET | Node health status | | /node | GET | Node identity info | | /peers | GET | Connected peers | | /oracle/status | GET | Oracle integrity check | | /network/identity | GET | Network identity (hash obfuscated) | | /time/status | GET | Time source detection | | /time/capabilities | GET | Time oracle eligibility | | /connect | POST | Connect to a peer |

Pro Features

YAKMESH Pro includes additional security features:

• 🔐 WebSocket Authentication - Challenge-response auth with signatures
• 🔒 Message Encryption - XChaCha20-Poly1305 encrypted messages
• 📋 Peer Allowlist/Blocklist - Access control for private networks
• 🛡️ Connection Rate Limiting - DDoS protection

License

• Community Edition: MIT License (see LICENSE)
• Pro Edition: Proprietary License

See TRADEMARK.md for trademark usage policy.