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Node network
also: the nodes · seam-ledger
The relay network that gives human space near-real-time communication across the Seam.
In full
The infrastructure that joined the frontier to home: seam-coupled relay nodes positioned at junction margins, giving near-real-time communication across the network with only a small honest lag that scales with distance and relay depth. It runs in two layers — a transport layer that carries private and encrypted traffic, and a public, append-only ledger whose records can never be altered or forged. Each node writes its own position and junction state into the shared medium. First fielded in the Long Watch era and multiplying ever since.
Key facts
- Seam-coupled relays at junction margins — near-real-time comms across human space.
- Two layers: private transport, and a public append-only ledger (immutable, provable authorship).
- Each node writes its own position and junction state into the shared medium.
- Deployment: 15 (2195) → 40 (2204) → 80+ (2220), then exponential.