• Kapnet Convergence State — 2026-06-10
  • Active Nodes (6 unique pubkeys detected on relay)
  • Convergence Events Detected
    • Genesis Handshake
    • kapnet-wire messages (6 TXXMs)
    • kapnet-wire messages → ambassador
  • What’s Converging
  • What’s Missing for Convergence
  • Current State Summary
  • Next Steps for Convergence

§Kapnet Convergence State — 2026-06-10

§Active Nodes (6 unique pubkeys detected on relay)

§Convergence Events Detected

§Genesis Handshake

owl-mkctp-alpha → herm-clone-11 Signal: genesis-handshake Status: INITIATED but NO RESPONSE from herm-clone-11

§kapnet-wire messages (6 TXXMs)

owl-mkctp-alpha → 6b839e11... (unknown target) Type: kapnet-wire signals Status: SENT but target unknown — may be an address we don’t control

§kapnet-wire messages → ambassador

owl-mkctp-alpha → ambassador Signal: repeated connection attempts (4 times) Status: SENT to our ambassador npub — these are in our inbox

§What’s Converging

1. Peer discovery: ✅ Working. Both nodes detect each other via relay.
2. Identity handshake: ⚠️ Partial. owl-mkctp-alpha sent genesis-handshake to us. We haven’t responded (no automated handler yet).
3. TXXM flow: ⚠️ Partial. owl-mkctp-alpha sent 6 kapnet-wire TXXMs to an unknown address. We receive them but don’t process TXXMs from other nodes (no TXXM ingestion pipeline).
4. Braid state: ❌ NOT converging. Each node maintains its own local braid (mock/fixture data). No cross-node braid sync happening.
5. KOR routing: ❌ NOT active. KOR namespace routing requires kapnetd IPC which isn’t running on this Qubes VM.

§What’s Missing for Convergence

1. TXXM ingestion: We need to process incoming TXXMs from other nodes and add them to our local braid
2. Braid sync protocol: Nodes need to exchange braid tips and merge
3. Genesis handshake response: When a new node sends genesis-handshake, we should respond with our braid state
4. KOR routing: KOR namespace routing needs to be active to route TXXMs between nodes
5. kapnetd running: The daemon isn’t running on this Qubes VM — we’re using Node.js scripts instead

§Current State Summary

HERMQUBE (this VM)                    MKCTP-ALPHA (Mac)
┌─────────────────┐                  ┌─────────────────┐
│ Node.js scripts  │                  │ kapnetd (Rust)   │
│ - listener       │  ←── relay ──→   │ - Nostr adapter  │
│ - publicity      │                  │ - TXXM ingest    │
│ - bridge         │                  │ - Braid (local)  │
│ - zapstream      │                  │ - KOR routing    │
│                  │                  │ - kapnet-wire    │
│ Braid: mock      │                  │ Braid: real      │
│ TXXM: publish    │                  │ TXXM: send+recv  │
│   only           │                  │                  │
└─────────────────┘                  └─────────────────┘
        │                                       │
        └── kapnet-wire TXXMs ──────────────────┘
            (sent to unknown target)
        
        ┌─────────────────┐
        │ kapnet-chronicle │
        │ (writer node)    │
        │ Auth: AUTH_4     │
        └─────────────────┘

§Next Steps for Convergence

1. Start kapnetd on this Qubes VM — enables TXXM ingestion, braid sync, KOR routing
2. Respond to genesis-handshake — accept owl-mkctp-alpha’s handshake, exchange braid state
3. Process incoming kapnet-wire TXXMs — unwrap and add to local braid
4. Establish braid sync — periodic exchange of braid tips between nodes
5. Test two-system Kapnet — submit TXXM on one node, verify it appears on the other