# zacharybenson/arken-protocol

> Passwordless authentication middleware for Express and FastAPI based on DID signatures: the client signs a one-time nonce with a secp256k1 key, and the server verifies it without passwords, sessions, or a user database.

- Magnitude: 1.6 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 7 total · +0 stars measured 2026-10-30, 07:15–08:46 UTC, ≈ 2 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Security · Language: Rust · Created: 2026-10-29 · Last push: 2026-10-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/zacharybenson/arken-protocol · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/zacharybenson/arken-protocol

## Useful for

- Protect an Express or FastAPI route without passwords or sessions
- Set up server-to-server auth via did:key without account registration

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-30 (UTC), 07:15–08:46: 7 → 7 stars (+0). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +2 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 1 day old and already has 7 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Arken – Passwordless auth middleware using secp256k1 keys” — 8 points, 7 h ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 0
- Issues and pull requests: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 4 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0

## Stars per day, last 2 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-29 … 2026-10-30: 6, 0

## Hacker News

- Show HN: Arken – Passwordless auth middleware using secp256k1 keys — 8 points, 0 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298738

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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Data as of 2026-10-30 08:51 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.