For the past three decades, the architecture of the internet has rested on two primary pillars - communication on the World Wide Web and Value such as Bitcoin/Distributed ledgers. However, a third critical pillar, Private Coordination has remained dependent on centralised intermediaries, effectively creating a surveillance architecture by default. This paper introduces the 'Stateless Pattern', a novel network topology that replaces the traditional 'Fortress' security model (database-centric) with a 'Mist' model (ephemeral relays). By utilising client-side cryptography and self-destructing server instances, we demonstrate a protocol where the server acts as a blind medium rather than a custodian of state. We present empirical data from a live deployment (https://signingroom.io), analysing over 1,900 requests and cache-hit ratios to validate the system's 'Zero-Knowledge' properties and institutional utility. The findings suggest that digital privacy can be commoditised as a utility, technically enforcing specific articles of the universal declaration of human rights not through policy, but through physics.
翻译:过去三十年间,互联网的架构始终建立在两大支柱之上——万维网上的通信以及比特币/分布式账本等价值体系。然而,第三大关键支柱——私有协调——却始终依赖中心化中介机构,实质上默认形成了监控架构。本文提出“无状态模式”,这是一种新型网络拓扑结构,它以“迷雾”模型(短暂中继)取代了传统的“堡垒”安全模型(以数据库为中心)。通过采用客户端加密技术和自销毁服务器实例,我们设计出一种协议,使服务器充当无状态媒介而非状态托管方。我们展示了实际部署系统(https://signingroom.io)的实证数据,通过分析超过1900次请求和缓存命中率,验证了该系统的“零知识”特性及机构实用性。研究结果表明,数字隐私可作为公共事业进行商品化,其技术实现不是通过政策,而是通过物理机制来具体落实《世界人权宣言》的特定条款。