/ Quantum Resistant

No hardness assumptions.

φCrypt relies solely on hash preimage and collision resistance — structural properties, not computational conjectures. There are no elliptic curves, no discrete logarithms, and no factoring problems for Shor's algorithm to attack.

/ Zero Free Parameters

Derived, not chosen.

Every constant — block size, round count, key width, tree height, security level — is a Fibonacci or Lucas number, provably derived from the golden ratio. Nothing is empirically tuned or arbitrarily chosen. All derivations are verified at compile time.

/ One Standard

Coherent across all primitives.

Hash, cipher, signatures, zero-knowledge proofs, address derivation, and compression all derive from the same root identity. The primitives compose without ad hoc glue because they share a common algebraic substrate.

The Standard

Seven components. One identity.

Every component of the φCrypt standard is derived from the golden ratio and its self-similar algebraic structure. Block sizes, round counts, tree heights, key widths, and security levels are all Fibonacci or Lucas numbers — provably derived, not empirically chosen.

/ Group 02

Signatures & Authentication

Two complementary approaches to identity and authentication. φSign provides classical digital signatures with stateless key management and over two million signatures per keypair. Merkle Ring Proof provides sender-anonymous transaction signing — proving that a spend is authorized without revealing which key authorized it.

/ Group 03

Zero-Knowledge & Privacy

Two privacy-preserving components. φSTARK proves that transaction amounts balance correctly without revealing the amounts themselves — 128.3-bit security, hash-based throughout, no elliptic curves. The HD Address Tree derives a private hierarchy of receiving addresses from a single seed, enabling receiver privacy without sender interaction.

/ Group 04

Integration

The bridge between the φCrypt standard and the broader software ecosystem. The OpenSSL provider exposes φCrypt primitives through the OpenSSL 3 EVP interface, making them available to any system that uses OpenSSL — TLS, QUIC, VPNs, and application-level cryptography — without code changes.

/ Group 05

Deployed Ecosystem

Six production implementations that use φCrypt primitives in specific application domains — encrypted storage, secure transport, peer-to-peer networking, remote procedure calls, AI identity, and mobile. Together they form a complete stack from local database to distributed network to edge device.

/ Validated

Quantum Cryptography Validated

The φCrypt standard has been stress-tested against every known quantum attack vector using the φCoherent quantum simulation stack. Results are analytically derived under surface-code fault-tolerant models (d=17, IBM Heron R2 class hardware).

/ Shor Resistance

No algebraic period structure

Quantum Fourier Transform analysis on 64 consecutive φHash outputs. Peak spectral power: 0.211 — below the 0.25 random-function baseline. Pearson quantum walk correlation: 0.042. Confirmed: φHash has no period structure exploitable by Shor's algorithm.

Shor-resistant ✓
/ Grover Cost

~1085 years at Tier 2

φHash oracle decomposed into quantum circuits (T-gate count: ~140K per oracle call). Fault-tolerant Grover attack cost at Tier 2: ~1.05 million physical qubits, ~1085 years on IBM Heron R2. Tier 1 exceeds NIST Category 5 (188-bit post-Grover).

Grover-resistant ✓NIST Category 5
/ QKD Channel

BB84 → φHash → φCipher verified

Full BB84 quantum key distribution integrated with φCrypt: 0.0% bit error on a clean channel, reliable eavesdropper detection (≥ 4/5 trials under intercept-resend attack). φHash privacy amplification produces a Tier 1 key delivered directly to φCipher.

QKD verified ✓QBER 0.0%

Full methodology, circuit specifications, and test suite: Quantum Cryptography →

Security Tiers

The chandas security ladder.

Every φCrypt primitive operates at a selectable security tier called a chandas (छन्दस् — Vedic meter). Each tier is a Fibonacci-derived output width. Tier ratios converge to φ as the ladder ascends, giving unbounded scalability without code branching.

  • / Chandas 0

    116-bit post-quantum security

    29-byte output. Used internally for chaining, cipher keys, seed hashing, and message authentication. The lowest tier available; well above symmetric-key security thresholds for internal operations.

    Output: 29 bytes (L(7)) · Applications: key material, MAC, internal chaining
  • / Chandas 1

    188-bit post-quantum security

    47-byte output. The standard tier for transactions, block headers, Merkle trees, and key images — the primary security level for all externally-visible protocol operations.

    Output: 47 bytes (L(8)) · Applications: transactions, blocks, Merkle, key images
  • / Chandas 2

    304-bit post-quantum security

    76-byte output. Used for keypairs, signatures, hub identity, HD addresses, and mining genesis — the tier for long-lived credentials and identities where the highest practical security is warranted.

    Output: 76 bytes (L(9)) · Applications: keys, signatures, addresses, hub identity
  • / Chandas 3+

    492 bits and above

    123-byte output at chandas 3, growing by factor φ at each tier. Reserved for mining proof-of-work, where higher security levels raise the computation cost for block production.

    Output: 123+ bytes · Applications: mining PoW, open-ended scalability
Licensing & Access

Using φCrypt?

All components are published under AGPLv3. For commercial deployment in closed-source products — embedded systems, proprietary SaaS, or products where copyleft conflicts — a commercial license is available.

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