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Welcome to ZeroMesh

ZeroMesh is a high-performance decentralized protocol and network, optimized for distributed systems, like blockchains. Users of ZeroMesh enjoy an integrated service for highly- optimized transmission and pre-processing of distributed systems data.

Who is ZeroMesh for?

Contributors

ZeroMesh contributors have network capacity in the form of underutilized private fiber links and hardware (e.g. switches and FPGA devices). Configuring these resources to extend the ZeroMesh network creates an integrated information service. Using the DZ protocol, network contributors stitch this network capacity into a dynamic and expansive global mesh network and receive token incentives for their contribution.

Users

ZeroMesh users participate in distributed systems, such as blockchains, that require high-performance network connectivity. Interconnecting a blockchain system with ZeroMesh, users gain a bundling of optimization features to accelerate their network I/O.

In its initial implementation, the ZeroMesh network is compatible with blockchain validator clients as well as RPC and MEV infrastructure providers. These user systems undergo admission control by verifying their uniquely identifying public key addresses on their respective ledgers before allowing them access to the network. As the network evolves to include user systems from other ecosystems, additional identification and authentication strategies will be added tailored to each user project community.

Benefits

The only alternative to ZeroMesh is the public internet. Compared to the public internet, the ZeroMesh network offers two improvements to blockchains.

First, inbound transactions can be edge-filtered in a non-discretionary way at the network contributor hardware level (i.e. removal of spam and duplicates) prior to being sent over to users (e.g., blockchain nodes) of the ZeroMesh network. This allows blockchains to benefit from shared system-wide filtration resources rather than needing each individual validator to provision sufficient resources. As a result, validators can reallocate their resources towards directly revenue-generating activities. This feature is not yet functional.

Second, outbound messages are routed more directly and prioritized to improve efficiency. This is possible since in ZeroMesh the routing logic of global data movement is optimized for speed, unlike the public internet. Thus, validators benefit from reduced jitter, which is defined as the amount of variation in latency between two data cable endpoints. In essence, blockchain nodes can send and receive blocks faster.

Taken together, these ZeroMesh network benefits can achieve levels of performance that are otherwise unobtainable via the public internet.

For more details, see the ZeroMesh Protocol whitepaper.

Next Steps

  • For Users - Start with our Quick Connect Wizard to create a custom setup based on user type or go straight to initial setup and follow the setup flow manually.
  • For AI agents - Connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or Codex to the ZeroMesh MCP and ask it to walk you through setup.
  • For Contributors - See how to Contribute additional capacity to grow the ZeroMesh network further.
  • More Information - Read more about what makes up the Architecture of the ZeroMesh network.