However, there is a fundamental difference in scale. While excellent projects like Freenet operate effectively at the scale of millions of nodes, our solution is architected to provide a 100,000x greater reach, seamlessly handling 100+ billion nodes. This massive leap is precisely why it requires the completely different set of architectural assumptions we outlined in our post.
Regarding patents: We completely understand the P2P community's skepticism toward intellectual property. As researchers, our goal isn't to lock this technology behind corporate paywalls or restrict open-source deployment.
The patent is strictly a defensive measure to secure our authorship and prevent large-scale centralized entities from capturing the core math and monopolizing it. Once a working PoC is built with our engineering co-founder, we are fully open to establishing an open/defensive patent license (like a FRAND or Open Patent Pledge) to ensure the protocol can be used freely for sovereign, public-good P2P infrastructure.