About the Mark Protocol

The Mark Protocol is built on several core principles.

Privacy First

• No user tracking - Servers do not log IP addresses or user agents.
• No cookies - Stateless by design.
• Minimal logging - Only what is needed for security.
• Anonymous by default - Authentication grants capability, not identity.

Security Minded

• QUIC transport - Encryption mandatory (TLS 1.3).
• Capability-based auth - Tokens grant specific permissions.
• Versioning - Complete audit trail of all changes.
• No client-side execution - Markdown content only.

Distributed Preservation

Every reader is a potential mirror:

1. Content is cached locally when you read it.
2. You can re-host content from your cache.
3. Censorship is difficult because content persists.
4. Like Git for documents.

Anti-Commercialization

• No tracking hooks or analytics
• No ad injection points
• Public domain specification
• Open source implementation
• Anyone can run a server