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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index ad27d5d..2d1da51 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ breaking out of Node-JS jail and enabling both C and Scheme env
 
 dis 
 dat://59d8099399510e23a3c693fb5887b7bba1586f4117f7ef1c5872622ada0c1181
-
+Warning: this may publicly expose your IP and the old tools are unmaintained
 you might discuss here 
 cabal://cf2caf3a1c4fd299471d315416b6cc3d9c5f7c678046652fb70ede4ff16698db
 
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ i implement the SLEEP spec as a C header (similar to REST with HTML)
 then i provide FFI bindings so you can call easily from scheme
 i also have a novel solution for hyperswarm-dht (i think)
 
-what this means and what this does is
-this is a p2p program that does away with the client-server model,
+what this means and what this does:
+here be a p2p program that does away with the client-server model,
 and enables you to basically share any directory in your system as a torrent (basically esentially)
 
+the 'thang' part is the client, eventually i'm targetting wasm
+
 "why? when hyper:// is here now with so cool much better justwerks dApps(Decentralized Apps)???"
 
 I like the sound of dat:// better, this is cooler no offense, and the scope of this project is longevity and community archival.
@@ -37,4 +39,4 @@ i'm using C because ez libraries, assert is the ultimate hack, and scheme becaus
 LICENSE
 see LICENSE
 
-This is My Software
\ No newline at end of file
+This is My Software
diff --git a/docs/dat.1 b/docs/dat.1
index 8b57b5c..76308da 100644
--- a/docs/dat.1
+++ b/docs/dat.1
@@ -7,12 +7,22 @@
 .Nd call a dat method
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl d Ar debug
-.
-.Oo
-.Op Fl t Ar type
-.Ar method
-.Op Ar argument ...
+.Oo 
+.Op Fl c Ar create
+	.Oo 
+	.Op Fl d Ar debug
+	.Oo 
+		.Op Fl s Ar sync
+			.Oo 
+			.Op Fl t Ar type
+				.Oo 
+				.Op Fl v Ar version
+				.Ar method
+				.Op Ar argument ...
+			
+		
+	
+
 .Oc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 [WIP] dis dat mf thang
@@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ its there
 "Dat" was first written about by Mathias Buus Madsen & Maxwell Ogden (c) 2015
 .Nm
 was written and directed by
-.An churtzan Aq @4c3NtV5p+7MRCwinLcD+dVMgz2rGbX2wF/ZtDxBA/Lw=.ed25519
+.An 𝖼̴̸͍͚͍̝͓̘͌̽͑̚͝͝𝗁̵̸̻͇̘̝̞͍̈́̔̾̾̓͘𝗎̸̴̡̼͕̻̦̓́̓̈́͘͜͠𝗋̸̵̡͎̼͇͖͊͐͆͜͝͝𝗍̸̸͕̠̼̙͚̻͆́̈́̒͛͝𝗓̵̴̢̟̝͎̝̪̓̀̕̚͝𝖺̸̸͚͓̠͕͕̒̒́͋͜͝͠𝗇̴̵͙̞͇̙͕̐͋̈́͌͒͜ Aq @4c3NtV5p+7MRCwinLcD+dVMgz2rGbX2wF/ZtDxBA/Lw=.ed25519
 .Sh BUGS
 .Pp
 Go ahead an fix em ;)
diff --git a/docs/sleep.3 b/docs/sleep.3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8289ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/sleep.3
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.TH SLEEP 3 "September 2025" "Dat-Thang LTS" "Libary Functions Manual"
+.SH NAME
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <sleep.h>
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+.SH RETURN VALUES
+
+.SH FILES
+
+.SH AUTHORS
+
+.SH NOTES
diff --git a/inc/sleep.h b/inc/sleep.h
index 2eb10eb..9d0d7de 100644
--- a/inc/sleep.h
+++ b/inc/sleep.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-// TODO implement SLEEP
 #ifndef SLEEP_H
 #define SLEEP_H
-
-#include "key.h"
-
+// TODO implement SLEEP
 /*metadata.key
 metadata.signatures
 metadata.bitfield
@@ -13,5 +10,39 @@ content.key
 content.signatures
 content.bitfield
 content.tree*/
+#include "key.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+// test
+#include <assert.h>
 
-#endif /* NURSERY_H */
+#define SLEEP_HEADER_SIZE	32u
+
+#define SLEEP_ALGO_BLAKE2B	"BLAKE2b"
+#define SLEEP_ALGO_ED25519	"Ed25519"
+
+typedef struct sleep_header {
+	uint32_t	magic_be;
+	uint8_t	version;
+	uint16_t	entry_size_be;
+	uint8_t	algo_len;
+	char	algo[24];
+} sleep_header_t;
+
+// crypto helpers
+#ifdef SLEEP_SALT
+int sleep_gen_ed25519(uint8_t pubkey[32], uint8_t seckey[64]);
+// sign
+int sleep_sign_ed25519(const uint8_t *msg, size_t msglen,
+		       const uint8_t seckey[64], uint8_t sig_out[64]);
+// verify
+int sleep_verify_ed25519(const uint8_t *msg, size_t msglen,
+			 const uint8_t pubkey[32], const uint8_t sig[64]);
+// discovery
+int sleep_compute_discovery_key(const uint8_t pubkey[32], uint8_t out32[32]);
+#endif /* SLEEP_SALT */
+
+// function decs
+
+
+#endif /* SLEEP_H */