--- license: other license_name: snapkitty-proprietary license_link: https://huggingface.co/Snapkitty/marlborg-worm/blob/main/LICENSE tags: - snapkitty - cryptography - python --- > Source: [github.com/SNAPKITTYWEST/marlborg-worm](https://github.com/SNAPKITTYWEST/marlborg-worm) # Marlborg-WORM ![Cognitive Strain Monitor](docs/cognitive_strain_monitor.png) ## Self-Modifying Sovereign Agent **Hardware-enforced cognitive strain protection. Quantum to silicon.** ![Strain Dashboard](docs/strain_dashboard.jpg) Marlborg-WORM is a self-modifying computation engine that explores what happens when an autonomous agent can rewrite its own rules while a hardware monitoring layer observes the computational strain of that process in real-time. The system is not merely a software agent. It is a full-stack research implementation spanning from quantum circuit descriptions down to 7nm ASIC tapeout constraints. The central question: > Can a self-modifying system be made to observe and constrain its own transformation without an external authority? --- # The Principle ```text THE ATTACKER'S EFFORT BECOMES THEIR DEFEAT. MORE STRAIN. MORE ENTROPY. FASTER LOCKOUT. ``` Any attempt to inject, probe, or reverse-engineer the system generates computational work. That work is observable. That observation is enforced in hardware. The harder an attacker pushes, the faster the system recognizes the threat and closes the boundary. --- # Architecture ```text Quantum (Q#, Circom, Lean 4) → What it computes Clash / Haskell → Hardware specification SystemVerilog / Verilog / BSV → Synthesizable RTL SVA + SymbiYosys → Formal verification WDDL + Jitter Engine → Side-channel resistance 7nm SDC + UPF + DRC → Physical implementation Rust + C → Runtime monitoring + networking Common Lisp + Janet → The VM itself Lean 4 → Mathematical proof of correctness Docker → Deployment ``` The architecture is intentionally deep. Each layer adds a different kind of guarantee. --- # Cognitive Strain Model The system continuously computes cognitive entropy: ```text H_cog = H_base + H_trunc + H_hash + H_marlborg Where: H_base = 0.10 nats (constant baseline) H_trunc = N × 0.00001665 nats per operation H_hash = 0.005 nats penalty when hash integrity is removed H_marlborg = ΔR × 0.0005 nats per rule installed ICP = max(0, H_cog − H_safe) ``` Thresholds: ```text Safe Limit → 0.20 nats Warning → 0.30 nats Critical Lockout → 0.40 nats 440 Rules → ACCESS PERMANENTLY DENIED ``` The strain monitor lives in an always-on power domain. It cannot be bypassed by clock glitching, power collapse, or voltage fault injection. --- # The Execution Pipeline ```text RULE CHANGE ↓ REWRITE ENGINE ↓ EXECUTION LOAD ↓ STRAIN OBSERVATION (hardware, always-on) ↓ THRESHOLD CHECK ↓ ACCEPT / REJECT / LOCKOUT ``` The system does not merely check whether a rule is syntactically valid. It checks whether the act of processing that rule produces a strain signature consistent with legitimate operation. --- # Security Layers | Layer | Mechanism | Defeats | |-------|-----------|---------| | Cryptographic | Ed25519 + SHA3-256 + WORM chain | Forgery, replay, state corruption | | Zero-Knowledge | Circom ZK-SNARKs (ICP auth guard) | Information leakage during auth | | Hardware | Always-on strain monitor (7nm ASIC) | Bypass, clock glitch, power collapse | | Side-Channel | WDDL + jitter engine (2^20 DPA traces) | Power analysis, timing attacks | | Radiation | TMR + pseudo-ELT (300 krad TID) | SEU, cosmic ray bit-flips | | Formal | Lean 4 proofs + SVA assertions | Logical errors, specification gaps | --- # Formally Verified Properties The following have been proven mathematically: ```text Convergence Trace distance contracts by α ≤ 1/2 per cycle. (Banach fixed-point theorem.) Real-time compliance Worst-case jitter: 150ns < 1000ns deadline. 850ns margin for crypto computation. Metastability freedom Isolation asserts before power collapse. Releases only after power stability confirmed. Chain integrity Append-only WORM chain with cryptographic hash linkage. No deletion. No rewrite. No forgetting. Involution Quantum walk is its own inverse. (F₂ wormhole walk proof.) ``` --- # The WORM Chain Write Once Read Many. ```text OPERATION ↓ HASH (SHA3-256) ↓ APPEND TO CHAIN ↓ LINK TO PREVIOUS ↓ SEAL ``` The chain cannot be edited. Every rule installation, every state transition, every access attempt is permanently recorded. The system cannot forget what it has done. --- # Self-Modification Under Constraint Marlborg-WORM allows rules to modify other rules. This is deliberate. The research question is not whether self-modification is possible. The research question is whether self-modification can be made observable and constrained without removing the capability entirely. The answer explored here is: ```text Allow modification. Observe the modification. Measure the cost of the modification. Reject modifications that exceed the strain envelope. Record everything regardless. ``` --- # Hardware Implementation The system is designed to be physically realizable. Target: TSMC N7FFC (7nm FinFET) ```text Core voltage: 0.72V IO voltage: 1.8V Frequency: 100 MHz Core area: 0.16 mm² Total power: 14.2 mW (active) Sleep power: 1.82 mW (strain monitor only) Power savings: 87.2% during idle TID tolerance: > 300 krad(Si) SEU rate: < 1e-10 errors/bit/day ``` The strain monitor remains powered during all sleep states. There is no moment when the system is not watching. --- # Build ```bash # VM (requires SBCL + Janet) sbcl --load src/primitives.lisp # Hardware (requires Clash + Yosys) clash --verilog hardware/clash/SovereignShiftTruncator.hs yosys -p "read_verilog hardware/*.v; synth" # Formal verification lean4 quantum/JitterRealTime.lean lean4 quantum/ShadowWalk.lean # Docker (monitoring daemon) docker build -f deploy/Dockerfile -t marlborg-strain-monitor . ``` --- # Research Status This is a research implementation. The system explores ideas at the intersection of: * self-modifying computation * hardware security * formal methods * quantum information theory * cognitive load modeling Not every component is production-ready. The architecture is the contribution. --- # The Name Marlborg The WORM is Write Once Read Many. The combination is intentional. A self-consuming process that cannot erase its own history. --- # Copyright Copyright BEL ESPRIT D ACCORD TRUST HOLDINGS INC. See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE) for the governing terms. --- ```text the attacker's effort becomes their defeat. more strain. more entropy. faster lockout. verified by design. trusted by hardware. ``` --- ## License Licensed under **SnapKitty Proprietary License**. Full text: [LICENSE](LICENSE).