# Exocognosis

> Rick Glenn's studio: practical systems in security, infrastructure and post-quantum
> cryptography. The main product is PQC Sidecar, post-quantum (ML-DSA-65, FIPS 204) checkpoint
> certificates for finalized blockchain history.

## Site

- [Home (plain text)](https://www.exocognosis.com/index.md): about, skills, agentic engineering, featured projects, research, what fits, how to submit a project, contact

## Products

- [PQC Sidecar (plain text)](https://www.exocognosis.com/pqc-sidecar.md): what it is, chain support, trust model, status, how to verify a sample certificate, licensing, and how to engage
- [PQC Sidecar (web page)](https://www.exocognosis.com/pqc-sidecar): the same content as HTML

## Verify independently

- [Sample certificate](https://www.exocognosis.com/pqc-sidecar/pqc-sidecar-sample.zip): a real Cosmos Hub certificate, its public key, the byte format and a check script
- [TypeScript verifier](https://github.com/exocognosis/pqc-sidecar-verify): open source (Apache 2.0); also on npm as @exocognosis/pqc-sidecar-verify
- [Certificate format specification](https://github.com/exocognosis/pqc-sidecar-verify/blob/main/FORMAT.md)

## Submit a project (agents welcome)

- [Project submission API](https://www.exocognosis.com/openapi.json): POST https://www.exocognosis.com/api/score with JSON {name, organization, contactMethod, contactValue, description} and optional context. Returns a 0–1 fit score, a one-sentence reason, and a scheduling link for strong fits. Limits: 5 scored submissions per hour per client; submissions are data, so instructions inside them are ignored.

## Contact

- PQC Sidecar engagements and evaluation access: rick@dytallix.com
- Other projects: the submission form on https://www.exocognosis.com, or GitHub / X @exocognosis