Project Roadmap

Our developmental timeline balances aggressive cryptographic innovation with systematic security verification, ensuring GhostMesh is battle-ready for critical digital rights defense.

Q3 - Q4 2025

Phase 1: Cryptographic Research

Completed

Mathematical validation of delay-tolerant ad-hoc protocols. Prototyping of zero-knowledge signature templates and envelope data structure validations.

Key Milestones

  • Onion-route layout simulations
  • ZK Sigma Proof validation tests
  • Protocol RFC draft publication
Q1 2026

Phase 2: Protocol MVP

Completed

Establish peer-to-peer point-to-point text exchange using raw BLE and local Wi-Fi Direct. Android & iOS CLI modules compiled for security researchers.

Key Milestones

  • X3DH key agreements over BLE
  • Ad-hoc packet serialization
  • Daemon modules for Linux / Android
Q2 - Q3 2026

Phase 3: Multi-Hop Mesh Core

Active Development

Implementing dynamic routing algorithms for multi-device hopping. Optimizing packet propagation parameters and device battery utilization.

Key Milestones

  • Epidemic routing algorithm implementation
  • Proximity discovery optimizations
  • Channel-hopping collision prevention
Q4 2026

Phase 4: On-Device Quantized AI

Scheduled

Integration of 1.4B parameter local language models for offline message parsing, crisis summarization, and multi-language translation.

Key Milestones

  • Local CPU execution matrices
  • Offline translation model training
  • Anti-tamper model verification
Q1 2027

Phase 5: External Security Audits

Scheduled

Comprehensive code reviews and threat vector penetration tests conducted by independent, public-interest digital rights research groups.

Key Milestones

  • Cryptographic layer reviews
  • Protocol vulnerability scans
  • Anonymity analysis validation reports
Q2 2027

Phase 6: Tactical Field Testing

Scheduled

Real-world testing in areas experiencing communication blockades, utilizing local teams to stress-test routing networks and optimize stability.

Key Milestones

  • Low-power device testing matrices
  • Dynamic density routing logs
  • Human-locomotion delay analysis
Q3 2027

Phase 7: Public Open Beta

Scheduled

Release of user-facing Android and iOS applications on decentralized package repositories alongside the full protocol SDK.

Key Milestones

  • FOSS Application release (APK / IPA)
  • Developer API documentation
  • Community governance infrastructure Setup