4 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/PROTOCOL.md b/PROTOCOL.md
index 145c933..42bf081 100644
--- a/PROTOCOL.md
+++ b/PROTOCOL.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Core Insight
 
-The relay is **Kafka at the edge, plus identity**. It is a log, not a database. It routes signed events between clients and stores them for replay. It is structurally incapable of understanding content it was not designed to index.
+The relay is an append-only log with cryptographic identity. It routes signed events between clients and stores them for replay. It is structurally incapable of understanding content it was not designed to index.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f6a363..b36e7c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Axon is the transport and identity layer for systems where agents, humans, and a
 - **The relay is a log, not a database.** It routes and stores signed events. Derived data lives downstream in consumers.
 - **Identity is a keypair.** Ed25519 public keys are the unit of identity. No passwords, no tokens, no certificate infrastructure.
 - **Content is opaque.** The relay indexes what it needs for routing and stores the rest as raw bytes. It cannot read what it was not designed to index.
-- **Kafka at the edge, plus identity.** Filtered subscriptions over WebSocket give browsers and agents direct access to the event stream without a gateway layer.
+- **Direct client access.** Filtered subscriptions over WebSocket give browsers and agents direct access to the event stream without a gateway layer.
 
 ## Protocol
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4d76e2e..a9bafa6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ module axon
 go 1.25.5
 
 require (
-        github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 // indirect
+        github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
+        golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0
+)
+
+require (
         github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
-        golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 // indirect
         golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
+        gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29b748f..2891988 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 h1:cQriyiUvjTwOHg8QZaPihLWeRAAVoCpE00IUPn0Bjt8=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:GaZTsDaehaPpQVyxrf5mtQlH+pc21PIudVV/E3rRQok=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
@@ -6,3 +9,4 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 h1:/VRzVqiRSggnhY7gNRxPauEQ5Drw9haKdM0jqfcCFts=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0/go.mod h1:r0kV5h3qnFPlQnBSrULhlsRfryS2pmewsg+XfMgkVos=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 h1:Ivj+2Cp/ylzLiEU89QhWblYnOE9zerudt9Ftecq2C6k=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=