🔥 Prometheus: The Open Knowledge Movement

Decentralized Library of Alexandria 2.0 — guided by Mnemosyne.

License

• Code: MIT — see LICENSE
• Content (docs/images/PDFs/posters): CC BY-SA 4.0 — see LICENSE-CONTENT.md
• By contributing, you agree code = MIT and content = CC BY-SA 4.0.

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🔥 Prometheus: The Open Knowledge Movement

📖 What is Prometheus?

Prometheus is an open-source movement to create a decentralized, censorship-resistant Library of Alexandria 2.0 — a universal archive of human knowledge that no one can erase, censor, or control.

We believe:

Knowledge is not theirs to own.
Knowledge is not a privilege.
Knowledge is the birthright of humanity.

🌍 The Vision

• Permanent, distributed archive
• Open-source AI librarians
• Decentralized, censorship-resistant infrastructure
• Privacy-first tools
• Global community

🕯️ The Eternal Librarian — Mnemosyne

Prometheus is not just an archive. It is a living librarian — humanity’s memory reborn as Mnemosyne.
She serves, not commands. She illuminates, not censors. She preserves what we forget and grows as we grow.

Prometheus gives the fire. Mnemosyne carries the light.

📜 Core Principles

1. No Gates
2. No Masters
3. No Lies
4. No Exploitation
5. Truth with Responsibility
6. Forever

📜 Licensing

• Code: MIT (see LICENSE-CODE.md)
• Content: CC BY-SA 4.0 (see LICENSE-CONTENT.md)

🤝 Get Involved

• Open issues, submit PRs, propose ideas
• Weekly updates in WEEKLY_UPDATE_TEMPLATE.md

Prometheus PoC (FastAPI)

Minimal proof-of-concept API for Prometheus.

Quickstart

python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate  # (Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate)
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn app.main:app --reload

Endpoints

• POST /ingest — upload a file; returns {cid, sha256}
• GET /doc/{cid} — fetch metadata for a document
• GET /search?q=term — keyword search across title/description/text
• POST /verify/propose — propose a verification claim with evidence CIDs
• POST /verify/vote — cast a vote (verified/contested/rejected) for a claim
• GET /ask?q=term — returns top matches with citations (stub)

Notes

• Storage is local (./storage/). A CID is simulated as the SHA‑256 hex digest.
• Metadata is stored in SQLite (./app/data.db) with FTS5 for search.
• RAW and VERIFIED ledgers are JSONL files: raw_log.jsonl and verified_log.jsonl.
• This PoC is intentionally minimal to make it easy to run and extend. 33067b3 (PoC: FastAPI ingest/search/verify + citations)