Primal Origins: Open Source Hardware-Enforced Economic Policy Engine
Primal Origins: Open Source Hardware-Enforced Economic Policy Engine
A new approach to economic systems: policy enforced by physics, not promises
The Problem
Every economic system in history has relied on human enforcement of rules. Central banks, regulators, and institutions can change policies at will. Software-based solutions like smart contracts still depend on mutable code and trusted operators.
The Solution
Primal Origins introduces hardware-enforced economic policy—rules burned into silicon that cannot be altered by any authority, including the creators.
The core innovation is the SMF (Split-Merge-Flow) Unit, which enforces an immutable 6.18% wealth distribution split using metal-mask constants: 38.20% → Founder/Creator 23.61% → Liquidity Pool 38.19% → System Integrity
These ratios are defined as localparam values in RTL—they become part of the physical chip layout and cannot be changed after fabrication.
Verification Depth
This isn't vaporware. The design includes: 1,786,062 tests passed (mathematical, property-based, adversarial, fuzz) Formal SMT proofs via SymbiYosys/Z3 RTL simulation with VCD waveforms (Icarus Verilog) Synthesis analysis (Yosys) Docker reproducible environment—anyone can verify independently
Technical Specifications
Specification Value Precision 128-bit fixed-point Pipeline 3-stage License CERN-OHL-S v2 Target ASIC / FPGA RTL Modules 31 SystemVerilog files
Try It Yourself
Clone and verifydocker build -t primal-verify .docker run --rm primal-verify
Links
OpenCores: https://opencores.org/projects/primal_origins_soc Codeberg (main repo): https://codeberg.org/ErickAlexander/Primal-Origins-SoC-IP-Core Technical Whitepaper: See docs/WHITEPAPER.md
Call for Contributors
We're seeking: FPGA engineers for prototyping Formal verification experts Foundry partners for tape-out
Economic policy that no one can corrupt—because it's physics.