Show HN: I put economic rules in silicon that can't be changed by software
5•PrimalOrigins•3w ago
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PrimalOrigins•3w ago
I spent months on this because I got frustrated with "code is law" being a lie.
Every blockchain claims immutability until something goes wrong. Then they fork.
- Ethereum forked after the DAO hack
- Bitcoin forks constantly over ideology
- Smart contracts get "upgraded"
So I asked: what if you literally couldn't change the rules?
Not "we promise not to" — actually physically impossible.
I designed a chip where the transaction split (6.18%) is computed by arithmetic circuits etched into silicon at fabrication. No software layer. No API. No attack surface.
The split:
- 1.00% → Founder
- 3.00% → Liquidity
- 2.18% → Maintenance
- 93.82% → User
To change it, you'd need new photomasks ($millions), new fabrication (months), and replace every chip. That's the point.
Also included:
- SRAM-PUF identity (each chip is physically unique)
- Proof of Innovation (rewards diversity, not mining/wealth)
- Logarithmic governance (anti-whale: 1000× activity = 10× votes)
- 30-day mortality clause (dead wallets revert, unlike Bitcoin's 4M lost coins)
Real performance: ~500M transactions/sec @ 500MHz. No BS trillion-TPS claims.
It's 31 SystemVerilog modules, fully synthesizable. Not fabricated yet (RTL only). No formal verification yet. Performance is estimated.
I'm not selling anything. I want people to review the architecture. Find the flaws. Tell me why it won't work. That's how it gets better.
PrimalOrigins•3w ago
Every blockchain claims immutability until something goes wrong. Then they fork. - Ethereum forked after the DAO hack - Bitcoin forks constantly over ideology - Smart contracts get "upgraded"
So I asked: what if you literally couldn't change the rules?
Not "we promise not to" — actually physically impossible.
I designed a chip where the transaction split (6.18%) is computed by arithmetic circuits etched into silicon at fabrication. No software layer. No API. No attack surface.
The split: - 1.00% → Founder - 3.00% → Liquidity - 2.18% → Maintenance - 93.82% → User
To change it, you'd need new photomasks ($millions), new fabrication (months), and replace every chip. That's the point.
Also included: - SRAM-PUF identity (each chip is physically unique) - Proof of Innovation (rewards diversity, not mining/wealth) - Logarithmic governance (anti-whale: 1000× activity = 10× votes) - 30-day mortality clause (dead wallets revert, unlike Bitcoin's 4M lost coins)
Real performance: ~500M transactions/sec @ 500MHz. No BS trillion-TPS claims.
It's 31 SystemVerilog modules, fully synthesizable. Not fabricated yet (RTL only). No formal verification yet. Performance is estimated.
I'm not selling anything. I want people to review the architecture. Find the flaws. Tell me why it won't work. That's how it gets better.
The project is open source and community-driven.
GitHub: https://github.com/YggdrasilDao/Primal-Origins-SoC-IP-Core
Happy to answer questions about the architecture.
PrimalOrigins•3w ago