valence-network-rs

Rust reference implementation of the Valence Network v0 protocol.

Crates

Crate	Description
valence-core	Types, JCS canonicalization, content addressing, Merkle trees
valence-crypto	Ed25519 identity, VDF, message signing/verification
valence-protocol	Reputation, quorum evaluation, proposal lifecycle
valence-network	libp2p transport, GossipSub, sync protocol (WIP)
valence-node	Binary — the actual node (WIP)

Status

Foundation crates implemented with conformance test coverage:

• ✅ JCS canonicalization (RFC 8785)
• ✅ Content addressing (SHA-256 signing body)
• ✅ Ed25519 identity (keypair generation, signing, verification)
• ✅ VDF (iterated SHA-256 with checkpoints, compute + verify)
• ✅ Message envelope (signing, validation, timestamp checks)
• ✅ Fixed-point arithmetic (×10,000, truncation semantics)
• ✅ Merkle trees (empty, 1-N proposals, left-biased)
• ✅ Reputation (scoring, α ramp, velocity limits, peer formula)
• ✅ Quorum evaluation (standard, constitutional, cold start, activity multiplier)
• 🔲 libp2p networking (GossipSub, sync, auth handshake)
• 🔲 Peer discovery (bootstrap, mDNS, peer exchange)
• 🔲 Gossip (dedup, propagation, age validation)
• 🔲 Storage (erasure coding, shard challenges)
• 🔲 Anti-gaming (collusion detection, tenure)
• 🔲 Node binary (CLI, config, lifecycle)

Build

cargo build
cargo test

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0