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Uqda Network: Building a Decentralized, Encrypted IPv6 Mesh for the Future Internet

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🛰️ Uqda Network — A Decentralized, Encrypted IPv6 Mesh for the Future Internet

Uqda is an open-source, encrypted IPv6 mesh network that uses public key cryptography to create a fully decentralized, peer-to-peer communication layer.

It's designed for privacy, autonomy, and resilience — a new kind of internet built by its users, not corporations.

🌍 What Is Uqda?

Uqda is a self-organizing IPv6 network where each node represents a unique cryptographic identity.

Nodes connect directly and securely to each other, forming an encrypted overlay network that operates independently from the public internet.

Think of it as an IPv6-based private internet, powered by cryptography, not infrastructure.

🔒 Key Features

  • 🔐 Fully Encrypted IPv6 Network

    Every packet is encrypted using strong public key cryptography.

  • 🤝 Self-Organizing Mesh

    Nodes automatically discover and route through each other without central control.

  • 🧱 Independent Protocol

    Uqda uses ProtocolVersionMajor=1 — meaning it connects only to Uqda nodes, not Yggdrasil or other meshes.

  • 💻 Cross-Platform

    Works on Linux, Windows, macOS, and FreeBSD with native .deb and .msi packages.

  • 🛡️ Security Systems

    Includes node blacklist, certificate revocation, and reputation management.

  • ⚡ Auto-Mesh Bootstrapping

    Automatically connects to nearby or configured peers — no manual setup needed.

🚀 Quick Start (Linux) 

# Install Uqda (example)
sudo dpkg -i uqda-vX.Y.Z-amd64.deb || sudo apt -f install -y

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now uqda

# Check status
sudo systemctl status uqda

# View node info
uqdactl getself
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✅ Example Public Node (placeholder) 

# ping an example node (replace with a real node IPv6 when ready)
ping 201:b0ff:8f97:3ca1:e8a1:b9b5:40f9:d42c
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Peer (example placeholder):

tls://45.90.99.144:9000
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You can test connectivity before and after installation.

🧠 Why Uqda?

Modern networking depends heavily on centralized infrastructure — data centers, ISPs, and cloud providers.

Uqda challenges that by providing a sovereign, user-powered network layer, where communication happens directly between peers.

✨ No centralized authority.

✨ No surveillance.

✨ Just secure, peer-to-peer connectivity.

⚙️ Architecture Overview

  • Transport: TLS over IPv6
  • Addressing: Derived from the node's public key (example: an address mapped from the node identity)
  • Routing: Encrypted source-based routing
  • Discovery: Local and configured peer lists
  • Control: CLI tool uqdactl for managing nodes

Each node is both a router and a participant, contributing bandwidth and routing capacity to others — forming a resilient, distributed web of trust.

🧩 Example Use Cases

  • Private peer-to-peer communication
  • Decentralized hosting & file transfer
  • Secure local networking without internet access
  • Experimental sovereign intranets
  • Research in decentralized protocols

🧰 CLI Tools

View node info 

uqdactl getself
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Add or remove peers 

uqdactl addpeer tls://[PEER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP]:9000
uqdactl removepeer tls://[PEER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP]:9000
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List active connections 

uqdactl peers
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🧪 Example Build Info (PLACEHOLDER — do not publish real keys here) 

Build name:     uqda-vX.Y.Z
Build version:  X.Y.Z
IPv6 address:   [YOUR_NODE_IPV6_ADDRESS]
Subnet:         [YOUR_IPV6_SUBNET]
Routing table:  [NUMBER_OF_ENTRIES]
Public key:     [NODE_PUBLIC_KEY]
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Note: The block above is a template. Remove or replace any sensitive information (IP addresses, public keys, hostnames) before publishing if you prefer not to expose them.

🌐 Vision

Our long-term goal is to make Uqda the foundation for localized, private internet ecosystems — networks that can function independently yet interconnect globally.

It's about digital independence, privacy, and resilience.

Whether you're building a community mesh, a research lab network, or a sovereign communication layer — Uqda empowers you to connect freely.

💻 Open Source & Community

The project is completely open-source.

You can explore, contribute, or fork it on GitHub:

🔗 github.com/Uqda/Core

🛰️ Join the Mission

Every node makes the network stronger.

Help us build a decentralized, encrypted network for the next generation of the internet.

Uqda – Connect the Unconnected

Made with ❤️ by the Uqda Community

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