Questions we should answer plainly.

Momokji Core is the protected doorway that lives with the services and data on a computer you control. It works with those local services so authorized people, devices, and apps can reach them without turning SpicyRiceCakes into their permanent home.

Switchboard is the helper service outside your home. It handles account identity, authorization, and introductions so an approved app can find the right Momokji Core. The Core remains the product and the home of the relationship.

Not exactly. Momokji Core is a local system and protected doorway for reaching services on machines you control. It may use a private mesh underneath, but the product story is about your systems and data—not selling a generic VPN tunnel.

No. Tailscale is one of the technologies and reference points in this space. Momokji Core is SpicyRiceCakes' attempt to build a more opinionated experience around home systems, Passports, self-hosted apps, and AI entities.

SpicyRiceCakes Switchboard authenticates, authorizes, and introduces the right systems. Direct connections are preferred. Depending on the current network path and policy, a connection may still use a capped relay; that fallback remains part of the documented transport boundary.

Momokji is designed so the service that helps introduce your systems does not need to inspect the contents of your private data. We will keep documenting the actual boundaries, limitations, and implementation evidence as the system changes.

Momokji Core stays with you, but operating SpicyRiceCakes Switchboard still has real costs: account administration, security work, support, documentation, and keeping the coordination layer available. The fee is for that helper service, not a claim that we own the data living on your machines.

Passports are a design direction for carrying the right identity and context into an approved experience. They can belong to humans or AI entities. Private memory is not meant to travel wholesale.