Traditional authentication architectures rely on central password stores, OAuth relays, and costly SMS OTP vectors. These create central honeypots vulnerable to credential stuffing, database leaks, and account sharing.

GhostKey Protocol is an autonomous, decentralized authentication substrate anchored to physical device Hardware Security Modules (WebAuthn / FIDO2).

🏛️ Core Architecture Pillars

  1. Autonomous Core: Pure, zero-dependency Python cryptographic challenge verifier without framework overhead.
  2. P2P Node Daemon: Socket-based mesh listener relaying verification events across peers without centralized servers.
  3. Zero-Knowledge Commitments: Blinds identity hashes into cryptographic commitments, ensuring zero user identity leak on the public chain.
  4. Tamper-Proof Ledger: SHA-256 hash-chained distributed verification blocks with built-in mathematical integrity audits.

🚀 Quick Start: Run a Local Sovereign Node

You can test and run your own sovereign node locally using our CLI:

 bash # Clone and inspect git clone [https://github.com/skraj748487-blip/ZeroPass.git](https://github.com/skraj748487-blip/ZeroPass.git) cd ZeroPass # Run local autonomous node python ghostkey_cli.py start-node --port 9000 # Execute peer hardware handshake python ghostkey_cli.py test-handshake --port 9000 # Audit local ledger integrity python ghostkey_cli.py audit-ledger 📦 Source & Technical Whitepaper GitHub Repository & v2.0 Release: https://github.com/skraj748487-blip/ZeroPass/releases/tag/v2.0.0-p2p Technical Whitepaper: Available in repository root (WHITEPAPER.md). Looking for peer review from backend engineers, systems developers, and cryptographers on mesh block synchronization and ZKP commitment entropy!