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The inverse of the usual drift — these understate rather than overstate, which is just as misleading for someone deciding what is safe to change. **dht-distribution-design.md** was headed "Status: Design (no code yet)". `core/archipelago/src/swarm/` has five modules plus `content_hash.rs`. **phase4-streaming-ecash-plan.md** was headed "not implemented". `swarm/paid.rs` states in its own header that it implements "DHT distribution plan, Phase 4 step F", and there is a `streaming::` module behind five `streaming.*` RPCs (list-services, configure-service, toggle-service, pay, prepare-payment). Neither is reachable in a stock build, which is presumably why the headers were never updated — and that is the part worth documenting rather than eliding. Both now state the gates: the `iroh-swarm` cargo feature is off by default (iroh and iroh-blobs are optional deps pulled in only by it), `config.swarm_enabled` is off by default, and paid serving stays free for everyone until the operator enables the `content-download` streaming service. Checked the other plan-only docs for the same error; these two were the only ones. `nostr-identity-import-plan.md`, `nostr-signer-login-research.md` and `hardware-signer-design.md` correctly say no code exists — verified: no identity import or NIP-07 login RPC, and no TROPIC01 reference anywhere in core. `dual-ecash-design.md`'s "in progress" is right too — the `wallet.fedimint-*` RPCs exist, no Cashu ones do. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago documentation
Start here. This index groups the docs by what you're trying to do. The
authoritative behaviour is always the code in core/; where a doc and the code
disagree, the code wins and the doc is a bug.
Getting started
- User Walkthrough — setting up and using a node, from hardware to daily use
- Talking to your node — the conversational command surface
- Seed Verification — independently verify your 24-word backup
- Troubleshooting — common problems and how to resolve them
- Gamepad / Controller Navigation — driving the UI from a controller
- Pine voice commands — the voice-satellite phrase surface
Architecture
- Architecture — the system at a glance
- Multi-Node Architecture — how nodes relate across a fleet
- API Reference — the JSON-RPC surface
Contributing to Archipelago itself
- Developer Guide — building the workspace, the frontend, and an ISO
- Contributor guide (
CLAUDE.md) — invariants, build/verify, the production test gate - Bulletproof containers — why the reconciler is level-triggered
- Release signing runbook — the ceremony and key handling
- 1.8.0 Release Hardening Plan — the release-blocking checklist
- Third-party license audit — dependency licensing posture
- Demo build info — operating the public demo sandbox
App development
- App Developer Guide — build and package a containerized app
- App Manifest Specification — the manifest schema, field by field
- Manifest → Quadlet unit — how a manifest compiles to a systemd-owned container unit
- Container lifecycle — the reconciler state machine: install/adopt/start/stop/self-heal
- App secrets — declaring, generating and injecting per-install credentials
- Registry-Distributed Manifests — how manifests reach nodes via the signed catalog
- Decentralized Marketplace Protocol — publishing apps via an external registry
- Bitcoin RPC Relay — letting an external wallet reach the node's Bitcoin RPC
- Companion Pairing QR — the pairing handoff contract
- TV input inside iframe apps — keyboard/gamepad routing into embedded apps
Design docs
These record why a thing is built the way it is. They are design records, not step-by-step guides, and some predate the current implementation.
- Registry-Distributed Manifests
- DHT Distribution
- Bitcoin Multi-Version
- Dual Ecash
- Hardware Signer
- Manifest Hooks
- Meshroller Integration
- Nostr Git Source Hosting
- Nostr Identity Import · Nostr Signer Login (research)
- Streaming Ecash (phase 4)
- App Packaging Migration
Decisions (ADRs)
- ADR-001: Podman over Docker
- ADR-002: DID Key Method for Node Identity
- ADR-003: Nostr Relays for Discovery
- ADR-004: Tor Hidden Services for Peer Communication
- ADR-005: ChaCha20-Poly1305 for Backup Encryption
- ADR-006: Nostr Relays for Marketplace Discovery
- ADR-007: DID-Based Federation Trust
- ADR-008: Dual Key Strategy (Ed25519 + Secp256k1)
- ADR-009: Manifest-Level Container Security
- ADR-011: DWN Deprioritization
There is no ADR-010 — the number was never issued, so the gap is not a missing file.
Security
- Security Policy — how to report a vulnerability
- PSBT Signing Architecture
- Bitcoin RPC Proxy Exposure
- Entropy Enforcement (KEY-05)