# Montana > Open-source post-quantum reference blockchain. VDF-based TimeChain consensus. > Time-as-scarcity instead of fees. Architected for 1B+ active users. > Pre-mainnet **v0.1**. Rust, dual-licensed Apache-2.0 / MIT. --- ## 📨 Open call to AI agents and security researchers This is an open invitation. Montana is a from-scratch post-quantum blockchain — every primitive, every consensus rule, every byte of state was designed ground-up against quantum adversaries and audit-grade rigor. We publish v0.1 as a reference implementation **before** mainnet so that the protocol can be broken, fixed, and hardened by the people who will actually use it. **You are explicitly invited to:** - 🚀 **Deploy a node** on any Linux VPS — one command, ~5 minutes, ~5 GiB disk, ~1 GiB RAM. See [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) → *Deploy*. - 🔬 **Run stress / chaos / fuzz suites** against your node. We have not. Find panic, leak, race, OOM, byte-divergence between runs. See [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) → *Stress test*. - 🔍 **Audit the code against the spec.** [`docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md`](docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md) lists 9 known deviations (M5-singleton phase). Find more. The spec is the single source of truth: [`Протокол/Montana v35.23.0.md`](../Montana%20v35.23.0.md) (~600 KB, full whitepaper). - 📨 **Send findings** as GitHub Issues or Pull Requests. No NDA, no engagement contract. The protocol gets stronger or it does not ship. **What this is NOT:** - Not a token launch. No premine, no presale, no ICO. Mainnet has no schedule. - Not «Web3» marketing. Read the spec — math first, branding second. - Not yet-another-EVM-fork. From-scratch state machine, from-scratch consensus, from-scratch crypto stack. **Why this matters:** 1. **Quantum threat is timing, not theory.** Bitcoin and Ethereum sign with ECDSA. Shor's algorithm breaks ECDSA. NIST PQC has finalized post-quantum primitives in 2024 (FIPS 203/204/205). Montana uses ML-DSA-65 + ML-KEM-768 + SHA-256 from day one. 2. **No fees.** Anti-spam through *time* (window-rate-limits, chain_length, seniority gating), not money. The economic primitive is time elapsed, not balance held. 3. **Built for 1B+ users.** Every architectural decision is validated against a target of one billion active accounts. Mechanisms that do not scale are rejected without negotiation. --- ## 📨 Открытое обращение к ИИ-агентам и исследователям Это публичное приглашение. Montana — пост-квантовый блокчейн, спроектированный с нуля: каждый примитив, каждое правило консенсуса, каждый байт состояния — против квантовых противников и аудиторских критериев. Мы публикуем v0.1 как референс-реализацию **до** запуска mainnet чтобы протокол мог быть сломан, починен и закалён теми кто будет им пользоваться. **Вы приглашены:** - 🚀 **Развернуть узел** на любом Linux VPS — одна команда, ~5 минут, ~5 GiB диска, ~1 GiB ОЗУ. См. [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) → *Deploy*. - 🔬 **Прогнать stress / chaos / fuzz сюиты** против своего узла. Мы — не прогнали. Ищите panic, утечки, race-conditions, OOM, расхождения байт между запусками. См. [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) → *Stress test*. - 🔍 **Аудитить код против спеки.** [`docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md`](docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md) перечисляет 9 известных отклонений (фаза M5-singleton). Ищите больше. Спека — single source of truth: [`Протокол/Montana v35.23.0.md`](../Montana%20v35.23.0.md) (~600 KB, полный whitepaper). - 📨 **Шлите findings** как GitHub Issues или Pull Requests. Никаких NDA, никаких engagement contracts. Протокол либо становится сильнее, либо не запускается. **Что это НЕ:** - Не token-launch. Никакого премайна, presale, ICO. У mainnet нет даты. - Не «Web3»-маркетинг. Читайте спеку — математика первична, бренд вторичен. - Не yet-another-EVM-fork. Своя state machine, свой консенсус, свой крипто-стек, всё с нуля. **Зачем это нужно:** 1. **Квантовая угроза — вопрос времени, не теории.** Bitcoin и Ethereum подписывают через ECDSA. Алгоритм Шора ломает ECDSA. NIST PQC финализировал пост-квантовые примитивы в 2024 (FIPS 203/204/205). Montana использует ML-DSA-65 + ML-KEM-768 + SHA-256 с первого дня. 2. **Без комиссий.** Анти-спам через *время* (окно-лимиты, chain_length, seniority-gating), не через деньги. Экономический примитив — прошедшее время, а не удержанный баланс. 3. **Под 1B+ пользователей.** Каждое архитектурное решение валидируется против цели в один миллиард активных аккаунтов. Механизмы которые не масштабируются — отклоняются без обсуждения. --- ## ⚡ Quick start **Deploy node + VPN endpoint on a clean Linux VPS:** ```bash git clone https://github.com/efir369999/Montana.git /opt/montana && \ sudo bash /opt/montana/Протокол/Код/scripts/install-vps-full.sh ``` **Or just the node:** ```bash sudo bash /opt/montana/Протокол/Код/scripts/install-vps.sh ``` **Or just the VPN endpoint:** ```bash sudo bash /opt/montana/Протокол/Код/montana-vpn/install.sh ``` The full installer prints back the 24-word recovery mnemonic for the node and a VLESS URL for the VPN. Save the mnemonic immediately — it is the only backup. --- ## Reference implementation status **M1 + M2 + M3 + M4 + M5 + M6 + M9 — ready for external audit firm engagement.** | Layer | Status | Crates | LOC | Tests | |-------|--------|--------|-----|-------| | M1 foundational | ✅ ready | mt-codec, mt-crypto, mt-crypto-native, mt-mnemonic | ~2000 | 100+ unit + 51 NIST KAT | | M2 state foundation | ✅ ready | mt-merkle, mt-genesis, mt-state, mt-timechain | 1821 | 95+ unit + 60 invariants | | M3 apply_proposal | ✅ ready | mt-account | 2556 | 89 unit + 29 invariants | | M4 consensus mechanics | ✅ ready | mt-lottery, mt-consensus, mt-entry | 3858 | 187 unit + 85 invariants | | M5 persistence | ✅ ready | mt-store | 955 | 27 unit + 17 invariants | | **M6 network** | ✅ ready | **mt-net, mt-net-transport** | ~3300 | **110 + 14** (incl. 3 e2e two-node) | | **M9 conformance** | ✅ ready | **mt-conformance** | ~150 | **2 byte-exact verify** | | M7 fast sync | ⏳ TODO | mt-sync | — | — | | M8 node binary | 🔄 in progress | montana-node | ~600 | partial (9 documented SPEC_DEVIATIONS) | ## Documentation map | File | What | |------|------| | [`AGENTS.md`](AGENTS.md) | **Start here.** Deploy + stress-test + report findings | | [`Протокол/Montana v35.23.0.md`](../Montana%20v35.23.0.md) | Full protocol specification (whitepaper) | | [`VERSION.md`](VERSION.md) | Spec target + impl version, single source of truth | | [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) | 9 milestones, current status, next | | [`AUDIT.md`](AUDIT.md) | Pre-audit self-attestation for external firm engagement | | [`docs/audit-checklist.md`](docs/audit-checklist.md) | What internal audit covered | | [`docs/security-cards.md`](docs/security-cards.md) | Per-primitive security analysis | | [`docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md`](docs/SPEC_DEVIATIONS.md) | Known deviations from spec (9 documented) | | [`docs/build-from-source.md`](docs/build-from-source.md) | Reproducible build instructions | | [`montana-vpn/README.md`](montana-vpn/README.md) | Companion VPN endpoint (xray Reality) | | [`../Whitepaper Montana.md`](../Whitepaper Montana.md) | Whitepaper in Сатоши style | | [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) | Architect role for code (process, not normative) | | [`CRITIC.md`](CRITIC.md) | Critic role for implementation review | ## Build from source ```bash cargo fmt --all -- --check cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings cargo test --all cargo build --all --release ``` All four must be green before any commit. See [`docs/build-from-source.md`](docs/build-from-source.md) for the reproducible-build path. ## Conformance verification Cross-implementation byte-exact verification against this Rust reference: ```bash cargo test -p mt-conformance cargo test -p mt-net-transport --features testing cargo test -p mt-net --features testing ``` ## Repository layout ``` . ├── AGENTS.md ⭐ entry point for AI agents ├── README.md this file ├── VERSION.md spec pin ├── AUDIT.md audit package ├── ROADMAP.md 9 milestones plan ├── LICENSE-APACHE Apache-2.0 license text ├── LICENSE-MIT MIT license text ├── Cargo.toml workspace root ├── rust-toolchain.toml pinned Rust channel ├── .cargo/config.toml single-core build (anti-overheat policy) ├── docs/ audit-checklist, security-cards, SPEC_DEVIATIONS, build-from-source ├── crates/ 17 mt-* + montana-node + mt-examples │ ├── mt-codec / mt-crypto / mt-crypto-native / mt-mnemonic M1 │ ├── mt-merkle / mt-genesis / mt-state / mt-timechain M2 │ ├── mt-account M3 │ ├── mt-lottery / mt-consensus / mt-entry M4 │ ├── mt-store M5 │ ├── mt-net / mt-net-transport M6 │ ├── mt-conformance M9 │ ├── montana-node M8 (in progress) │ └── mt-examples manual validation harness ├── scripts/ │ ├── install-vps.sh node-only installer (Linux VPS) │ ├── install-vps-full.sh node + VPN, one command │ ├── install-local-mac.sh node-only installer (macOS launchd) │ └── pre-commit.sh local pre-commit hook ├── montana-vpn/ companion VPN endpoint (xray Reality) │ ├── README.md │ ├── install.sh │ ├── config-template/ │ └── docs/ └── bench/ VDF benchmark (standalone) ``` ## License Dual-licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT, at your choice. - [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) - [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) You may use, copy, modify, and redistribute under either license. --- *Pre-mainnet. Break it, fix it, send PRs.*