KEZ is a portable, decentralized identity graph: a person signs claims
linking their many accounts, publishes those claims in places only the
claimed account can publish to, and anyone can verify the connections
without trusting a central server.
Layout
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- SPEC.md Language-agnostic protocol spec (v0.2)
- rust/ Rust implementation: kez-core, kez-channels, kez-cli
- nodejs/ TypeScript port at full parity
- rust-sig-server/ Optional axum + SQLite storage server for sigchains
- crosstest.sh Cross-implementation interop harness
Capabilities (both implementations, byte-compatible)
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- Two primary-key algorithms: nostr/secp256k1 Schnorr (BIP-340) and
Ed25519 (RFC 8032). Identifiers: nostr:npub1... and ed25519:<hex>.
- JCS (RFC 8785) canonicalization for everything signed.
- Four proof encodings: JSON envelope, compact (kez:z1:<base64url(zstd(json))>),
Markdown fence, DNS TXT.
- Five channel plugins (no API keys, no auth needed for any of them):
dns: system resolver, _kez.<domain> TXT records
github: public gist scan + <user>/<user> profile README fallback
nostr: kind-30078 events from default relays
bluesky: public AppView author feed
ap: WebFinger + actor JSON (alias mastodon:)
- Identical CLI surface:
kez identity new [--key-type nostr|ed25519]
kez claim create <subject> (--nsec | --ed25519-seed) [--format ...] [--out ...]
kez claim dns <domain> (--nsec | --ed25519-seed)
kez verify file <path>
kez verify id <identifier>
kez sigchain add|revoke|show|export|publish
- Sigchains: append-only signed log per primary, hash-chained per spec §6,
stored locally at ~/.kez/sigchains/, exportable as JSONL or kez:zc1: bundle.
- Sigchain publish destinations: chain server, web (file dump), DNS (zone
record print), nostr (kind-30078 wrapping event).
kez-sig-server
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Optional storage tier. Axum + SQLite, single binary, no external deps.
- No auth — the cryptography is the access control. The server validates
every signature, every seq, every prev hash before storing.
- REST API: POST /v1/sigchains/{scheme}/{id}/events (append signed event,
201 with new head hash or 4xx); GET /{scheme}/{id} (full chain as JSONL);
GET /head; GET /healthz.
- Designed for one central instance for now; the design doesn't preclude
running more later (clients gain a configurable list, verifiers
reconcile per spec §6.2).
- Channel-based publishing remains the always-available fallback if the
server is unavailable.
Tests
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- rust/ 99 tests
- rust-sig-server/ 10 integration tests (real HTTP, real SQLite)
- nodejs/ 91 tests (vitest)
- crosstest.sh 19 cross-impl scenarios — proves JCS bytes,
Schnorr + Ed25519 sigs, all four claim encodings,
and the sigchain JSONL bundle are byte-compatible
between Rust and Node in both directions.
What's not done yet
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- verify id consulting the sigchain for revocations (data path exists,
just not wired into the verifier output).
- rotate and add_device sigchain ops (types reserved).
- expires_at enforcement during claim verification.
- Typed VerificationStatus.status reflecting the five failure modes.
- Auth-required publishers (GitHub gist, Bluesky, ActivityPub).
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TypeScript
// Nostr/secp256k1 primary keys. Schnorr (BIP-340), bech32 nsec/npub.
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// Mirrors Rust's NostrSecret. Signatures are deterministic (auxRand = zeros)
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// to match the Rust `sign_schnorr_no_aux_rand` path.
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import { schnorr } from "@noble/curves/secp256k1";
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import { bech32 } from "@scure/base";
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import { bytesToHex } from "@noble/hashes/utils";
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import { Identity, validateNpub } from "./identity.js";
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const ZERO_AUX = new Uint8Array(32);
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export class NostrSecret {
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private readonly secretKey: Uint8Array; // 32 bytes
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private constructor(secretKey: Uint8Array) {
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if (secretKey.length !== 32) {
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throw new Error(`secret key must be 32 bytes, got ${secretKey.length}`);
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}
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this.secretKey = secretKey;
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}
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static generate(): NostrSecret {
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return new NostrSecret(schnorr.utils.randomPrivateKey());
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}
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static fromNsec(nsec: string): NostrSecret {
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const decoded = bech32.decode(nsec as `${string}1${string}`, 1023);
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if (decoded.prefix !== "nsec") {
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throw new Error(`expected nsec bech32, got hrp=${decoded.prefix}`);
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}
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const bytes = bech32.fromWords(decoded.words);
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return new NostrSecret(Uint8Array.from(bytes));
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}
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/** Lowercase 32-byte x-only public key, hex-encoded. */
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pubkeyHex(): string {
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return bytesToHex(schnorr.getPublicKey(this.secretKey));
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}
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nsec(): string {
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return bech32.encode("nsec", bech32.toWords(this.secretKey), 1023);
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}
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npub(): string {
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const pubkey = schnorr.getPublicKey(this.secretKey);
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return bech32.encode("npub", bech32.toWords(pubkey), 1023);
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}
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identity(): Identity {
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return Identity.parse(`nostr:${this.npub()}`);
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}
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/**
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* Sign a digest with deterministic Schnorr (zero auxRand) to match Rust's
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* `sign_schnorr_no_aux_rand`. Returns a 64-byte BIP-340 signature.
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*/
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signDigest(digest: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
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if (digest.length !== 32) {
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throw new Error(`digest must be 32 bytes, got ${digest.length}`);
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}
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return schnorr.sign(digest, this.secretKey, ZERO_AUX);
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}
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}
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/** Lowercase 32-byte x-only public key (hex) for a `nostr:npub1...` identity. */
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export function nostrPubkeyHex(identity: Identity): string {
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if (identity.scheme !== "nostr") {
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throw new Error(`expected nostr: identity, got: ${identity}`);
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}
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const decoded = bech32.decode(identity.id as `${string}1${string}`, 1023);
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if (decoded.prefix !== "npub") {
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throw new Error(`expected npub bech32, got hrp=${decoded.prefix}`);
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}
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return bytesToHex(Uint8Array.from(bech32.fromWords(decoded.words)));
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}
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/** Verify a Schnorr signature over a 32-byte digest. */
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export function verifySchnorr(
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signature: Uint8Array,
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digest: Uint8Array,
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pubkeyHex: string,
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): boolean {
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// Normalize hex → bytes via noble's utility (accepts hex strings or bytes).
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return schnorr.verify(signature, digest, pubkeyHex);
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}
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/** Decode an npub to its raw x-only pubkey bytes. */
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export function npubToPubkeyBytes(npub: string): Uint8Array {
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validateNpub(npub);
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const decoded = bech32.decode(npub as `${string}1${string}`, 1023);
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return Uint8Array.from(bech32.fromWords(decoded.words));
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}
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