''In this document we present the first public draft of ''(n+1)sec'' - a secure multi-party communication protocol developed by eQualit.ie with support from the [https://www.opentechfund.org/ Open Technology Fund] and [https://crypto.cat/ Cryptocat]. We include the design rationale, choice of security features, adversarial models, schematic and high level specification of sub-protocols. A subsequent document will present security proofs and implementation details.''

=I. INTRODUCTION=