RFTP
Intent-gated data movement: a transfer completes only when the sender's stated intent meets the receiver's threshold.
Where it stands: Protocol v1.0.0
88 source files across 7 commits, protocol version 1.0.0. Last worked 20 June 2026.
The Reflective File Transfer Protocol treats intent as part of the transfer rather than as documentation written next to it. Data moves when what the sender declared matches what the receiver requires, and does not move otherwise.
Written in Rust, and positioned for what the protocol calls the post-Zero-Trust era: not merely authenticating who is asking, but constraining what the asking is for.
Next step
Independent review of the protocol spec, and an interoperable second implementation.
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The rest of the directory
- The core system
- Making things, real and rendered
- Moving data, and proving truth
- Human discipline, and open experiments
- Research and outreach