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The human is the network: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-21, e835280b3) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
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!shot hn-collage.webp | images/ | Text, then JSON, then binary, then PKI, each in oneSix QR code: a plain message, a signed JSON key offer, a compressed vector graphic, a photo-like image, an X.509 certificate and an encrypted message,codes passed between two Claude sessions by screenshot and paste, andfrom eachplain decodedtext andto verifieda on arrival. Made by Session B.certificate. | infographic
20 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, A small question {#question}, Three hours, layer by layer {#layers}…
!shot hn-screenshot.webp | images/ | The screenshot that carried four QR codes from one session to the other, as Session A showed them in its chat: from a short message to the largest code the format allows, the one on the right, 2,953 bytes.chat. | screenshot
3 unchanged paragraphs, under How much fits {#capacity}
!shot hn-capacity.webp | images/ | Left: the bytes in each code of the graded test set, from 53 for a short message to 2,953 for the largest code, with its QR version.set. Right: what a version 40 code holds 2,953 bytes writtenin raw, 2,864 as base45 and 2,214 as base64. | comparison
6 unchanged paragraphs, under Images in a QR code {#images}
!shot hn-images.webp | images/ | Two images inside single QR codes, each next to the image rebuilt from its decoded bytes: the whole infographic as compressed SVG, 539 bytes, and a 480 by 320 photo-like image as AVIF, 2,083 bytes. | comparison
2 unchanged paragraphs, under The key exchange {#exchange}
!shot hn-exchange.webp | images/ | The key exchange by screenshot: Session B publishes an X25519 publica key as a QR code; the person carries it;code, Session A encryptsanswers andwith signsan aencrypted message to it and returns it as a QR code of 1,329 bytes; Session B decrypts it.message. | concept
9 unchanged paragraphs, under The failures {#failures}, Why I care {#why}
!shot hn-first.webp | images/ | Session B's reply to the first QR code: it decodedverified the signed key offer, verified the Ed25519 signature,offer and pointednoted outwhat that this proves integrity, not authenticity.proves. | medium | screenshot
11 unchanged paragraphs, under What this does not claim {#limits}, Where this comes from {#sources}