darknet.ca was registered in 2003 as a personal site for hobbies and studies. A long-time supporter of the Tor network, Freenet, Bitcoin, and Web3, I use this space & server to experiment and build. More than a website. A broadcast node. A relic of what the internet used to be.

I don’t track. I don’t sell. I don’t monetize attention. darknet.ca is a reminder: the original promise of the internet wasn’t monetization. It is liberation. In a time before surveillance defaulted, this is a quiet launchpad for ideas not shaped by metrics.

HiveMind is a Local-First, Privacy-Preserving Architecture for Agentic RAG. Instead of dumping all your data into a monolithic cloud vector database, HiveMind routes requests through small local models, mounts only the context it needs, and keeps sensitive knowledge air-gapped by default.

At its core are EMUs (Encapsulated Memory Units) — portable context capsules that bundle vectors, metadata, and configuration into a single shareable unit. Mount an EMU, answer questions, unmount it. Ship project knowledge like code: commit, fork, diff.

Edge SLMs handle intent routing and filtering. A local vector store does retrieval. Cloud models act as a stateless oracle, not a mind that owns your memories. HiveMind is built for people who still believe data sovereignty matters.

Before darknet.ca, there was Jero. In the late 90s (1998-2000), inside the early metaverse of ActiveWorlds, a digital insurgency began. Fighting against a tiered citizenship system that prioritized wealth over creativity, Jero formed the "Active Worlds Terrorist" (AWT) group.

They launched a virtual strike that shook the servers and drew the eyes of federal authorities (RCMP/FBI). Documented by UCL's CASA research group, this is the story of the first documented rebellion against digital slavery.