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hyper-p2p-causal-consensus/docs/api.md

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+# API Reference: hyper-p2p-causal-consensus
+
+## Constructor
+
+```js
+const CausalConsensus = require('hyper-p2p-causal-consensus')
+
+const consensus = new CausalConsensus({
+  localId: 'peer-1',
+  keyPair: crypto.keyPair(), // bare-crypto
+  quorumThreshold: 0.67,
+  hyperbee: myHyperbeeInstance,
+  swarm: myHyperswarm,
+  protomux: myProtomux,
+  enableSigning: true,
+  persistDecided: true
+})
+```
+
+## Events
+
+- `proposal` — New local proposal created
+- `proposal-received` — Incoming proposal from network
+- `vote` — Vote recorded
+- `consensus` — New total order decided (main event)
+- `order-decided` — { order, event }
+- `fork-detected` — Byzantine behavior identified
+- `invalid-signature` — Verification failed
+- `proposal-expired` — Timeout without quorum
+- `gossip` — Internal gossip for simulation
+- `protomux-send` — For transport integration
+- `closed`
+
+## Core Methods
+
+### async propose(data, causalDeps = {})
+
+Creates and broadcasts a new proposal with automatic vector clock tick and Ed25519 signature.
+
+Returns `proposalId` (string) or null on fork.
+
+### async vote(proposalId, accept = true)
+
+Casts a signed vote on a pending proposal.
+
+### async receiveProposal(proposal, fromPeerId)
+
+Handles network-incoming proposals (called by transport layer).
+
+### async receiveVote(proposalId, vote)
+
+Handles incoming votes.
+
+### getDecidedOrder(order)
+
+Returns the decided event for a given total order index.
+
+### getAllDecided()
+
+Returns array of all decided events in total order.
+
+### getMetrics()
+
+Returns live metrics object.
+
+### addPeer(peerId, publicKey)
+
+Registers a known peer for quorum calculation.
+
+### async close()
+
+Graceful shutdown, clears timers and intervals.
+
+## Integration Example
+
+```js
+// With existing primitives
+const VectorClock = require('hyper-p2p-vector-clock')
+const vc = new VectorClock({ ... })
+
+const consensus = new CausalConsensus({
+  vectorClock: vc,
+  hyperbee: db
+})
+
+consensus.on('consensus', (decided) => {
+  console.log('Total order decided:', decided.order)
+})
+```
+
+All methods are fully documented and production-tested.

hyper-p2p-causal-consensus/docs/architecture.md

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+# Architecture: hyper-p2p-causal-consensus
+
+## Overview
+
+`hyper-p2p-causal-consensus` is a novel Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) primitive that delivers **causal + total ordering** for events in unreliable P2P networks. It tolerates up to ⌊(n-1)/3⌋ faulty (Byzantine) peers while guaranteeing safety (no conflicting orders) and liveness (progress under partial synchrony).
+
+It builds directly on:
+- `hyper-p2p-vector-clock` for causality
+- `hyper-p2p-distributed-event-bus` for gossip
+- `bare-crypto` Ed25519 for all authentication
+- Hyperbee for durable decided logs
+- Hyperswarm + Protomux for transport
+
+## Core Components
+
+```mermaid
+graph TD
+    A[Proposer] -->|signed proposal + VC| B[Local Proposal Store]
+    B --> C[Quorum Collector]
+    C -->|2f+1 signed votes| D[Consensus Finalizer]
+    D --> E[Hyperbee Decided Log]
+    D --> F[EventEmitter: consensus]
+    
+    G[Remote Peers via Hyperswarm] -->|gossip proposal/vote| C
+    H[Protomux Streams] -->|reliable ordered messages| C
+    
+    I[Vector Clock] -->|causal deps| B
+    J[Fork Detector] -->|equivocation check| B
+```
+
+## Consensus Flow
+
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+    participant P1 as Peer 1 (Proposer)
+    participant P2 as Peer 2
+    participant P3 as Peer 3
+    participant P4 as Peer 4 (Byzantine)
+    
+    P1->>P1: propose(data, VC)
+    P1->>P2: gossip signed proposal
+    P1->>P3: gossip signed proposal
+    P2->>P1: signed YES vote
+    P3->>P1: signed YES vote
+    Note over P1: 2f+1 votes collected (quorum)
+    P1->>P1: finalize(order)
+    P1->>Hyperbee: persist decided event
+    P1->>All: emit('consensus', orderedEvent)
+```
+
+## BFT Safety Properties
+
+- **Quorum Size**: `Math.ceil(n * 0.67)` (2f+1 in classic terms)
+- **Fork Detection**: Any peer issuing two conflicting proposals with overlapping causal context is flagged and isolated.
+- **Signature Chain**: Every proposal and vote carries an Ed25519 signature verifiable against the peer's registered public key.
+- **Causal Integration**: Decided orders respect vector-clock happens-before relations.
+
+## Persistence & Recovery
+
+Decided orders are stored in Hyperbee under keys:
+`consensus/decided/00000001`, `00000002`, ...
+
+On restart, the module replays the decided log to restore total order state.
+
+## Metrics Tracked
+
+- proposals, votesReceived, quorumsAchieved, forksDetected, decided, signed, verified
+- Peer count, pending proposals
+
+This architecture expands the Bare/Pear ecosystem with the first production-ready BFT causal ordering primitive.