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+# Package Structure
+
+This document explains the organization and responsibilities of all packages in the Hash of Wisdom project.
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+```
+/
+├── cmd/                    # Application entry points
+│   ├── server/            # Server application
+│   └── client/            # Client application
+├── internal/              # Private application packages
+│   ├── application/      # Application layer (message handling)
+│   ├── config/           # Configuration management
+│   ├── lib/              # Shared utilities
+│   ├── metrics/          # Prometheus metrics
+│   ├── pow/              # Proof-of-Work implementation
+│   ├── protocol/         # Binary protocol codec
+│   ├── quotes/           # Quote service
+│   ├── server/           # TCP server implementation
+│   └── service/          # Business logic layer
+├── test/                 # Integration tests
+└── docs/                 # Documentation
+```
+
+## Package Responsibilities
+
+### `cmd/server`
+**Entry point for the TCP server application**
+- Parses command-line flags and configuration
+- Initializes all components with dependency injection
+- Starts TCP server and metrics endpoints
+- Handles graceful shutdown signals
+
+### `cmd/client`
+**Entry point for the client application**
+- Command-line interface for connecting to server
+- Handles proof-of-work solving on client side
+- Manages TCP connection lifecycle
+
+### `internal/config`
+**Configuration management with cleanenv**
+- Defines configuration structures with YAML/env tags
+- Loads configuration from files and environment variables
+- Provides sensible defaults for all settings
+- Supports both development and production configurations
+
+### `internal/lib/sl`
+**Shared logging utilities**
+- Structured logging helpers for consistent log formatting
+- Error attribute helpers for slog integration
+
+### `internal/metrics`
+**Prometheus metrics collection**
+- Defines application-specific metrics (requests, errors, duration)
+- Provides simple counters and histograms for monitoring
+- Integrated at the infrastructure layer (TCP server)
+
+### `internal/pow`
+**Proof-of-Work implementation**
+
+#### `internal/pow/challenge`
+- **Challenge Generation**: Creates HMAC-signed stateless challenges
+- **Verification**: Validates solutions against original challenges
+- **Security**: HMAC authentication prevents tampering
+- **Configuration**: Difficulty scaling, TTL management, secrets
+
+#### `internal/pow/solver`
+- **Solution Finding**: Brute-force nonce search with SHA-256
+- **Optimization**: Efficient bit counting for difficulty verification
+- **Client-side**: Used by client to solve server challenges
+
+### `internal/protocol`
+**Binary protocol codec**
+- **Message Types**: Challenge requests/responses, solution requests/responses, errors
+- **Encoding/Decoding**: JSON-based message serialization
+- **Streaming**: MessageDecoder for reading from TCP connections
+- **Validation**: Message structure and field validation
+- See [Protocol Specification](PROTOCOL.md) for detailed message flow and format
+
+### `internal/quotes`
+**Quote service implementation**
+- **HTTP Client**: Fetches quotes from external APIs using resty
+- **Interface**: Clean abstraction for quote retrieval
+- **Error Handling**: Graceful degradation for network issues
+- **Timeout Management**: Configurable request timeouts
+
+### `internal/server`
+**TCP server implementation**
+
+#### `internal/server/tcp.go`
+- **Connection Management**: Accept, handle, cleanup TCP connections
+- **Protocol Integration**: Uses protocol package for message handling
+- **Security**: Connection timeouts, slowloris protection
+- **Metrics**: Request tracking at infrastructure layer
+- **Lifecycle**: Graceful startup/shutdown with context
+
+#### `internal/server/config.go`
+- **Server Configuration**: Network settings, timeouts
+- **Functional Options**: Builder pattern for server customization
+
+### `internal/application`
+**Application layer (message handling and coordination)**
+- **WisdomApplication**: Protocol message handler and coordinator
+- **Message Processing**: Handles challenge and solution requests from protocol layer
+- **Response Generation**: Creates appropriate protocol responses
+- **Service Coordination**: Orchestrates calls to business logic layer
+- **Error Handling**: Converts service errors to protocol error responses
+
+### `internal/service`
+**Business logic layer (core domain services)**
+- **WisdomService**: Main business logic coordinator
+- **Challenge Workflow**: Manages challenge generation and validation
+- **Solution Workflow**: Handles solution verification and quote retrieval
+- **Clean Architecture**: Pure business logic, no I/O dependencies
+- **Testing**: Easily mockable interfaces for unit testing
+
+**Service Dependencies**:
+- `ChallengeGenerator` - Creates new challenges
+- `ChallengeVerifier` - Validates submitted solutions
+- `QuoteService` - Retrieves quotes after successful validation
+
+### `test/integration`
+**End-to-end integration tests**
+- **Slowloris Protection**: Tests server resilience against slow attacks
+- **Connection Timeouts**: Validates timeout configurations
+- **Full Workflow**: Tests complete client-server interaction
+- **Real Components**: Uses actual TCP connections and protocol
+
+## Dependency Flow
+
+```
+cmd/server
+    ↓
+internal/config → internal/server → internal/application → internal/service
+                      ↓                    ↓                   ↓
+                internal/protocol     internal/protocol   internal/pow
+                internal/metrics                         internal/quotes
+```
+
+## Architecture Benefits
+
+This package structure provides:
+- **Clear Separation**: Each package has a single, well-defined responsibility
+- **Testability**: Dependencies are injected, making testing straightforward
+- **Maintainability**: Changes are isolated to specific layers
+- **Scalability**: Clean interfaces allow for easy implementation swapping