Core Mechanism

1. Nutrient Availability (Transaction Volume)

• Role: Determines the energy for organism growth.

• Input: Transaction volume and contract calls within the ecosystem.

• Behavior:

  • Higher transaction volume boosts organism replication and triggers mutation probabilities.

  • Prolonged periods of low transaction volume reduce organism activity, mimicking starvation.

User Impact: Users can “feed” organisms by increasing transaction activity, leading to faster evolution.

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2. Temperature (Number of Holders)

• Role: Governs activity and efficiency.

• Input: Number of token holders over time.

• Behavior:

  • A higher number of holders increases temperature, accelerating enzymatic activity (growth and mutation rate).

  • Temperature beyond optimal thresholds introduces instability, increasing failure rates for mutations.

User Impact: By inviting more participants, users raise temperature, driving collective evolution.

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3. pH Balance (Token Buy/Sell)

• Role: Stabilizes or destabilizes organism health.

• Input: Number of token transfers over a given period.

• Behavior:

  • Moderate activity keeps pH at optimal levels, supporting growth.

  • Excessive or insufficient activity disrupts balance, reducing growth efficiency and increasing errors in adaptation.

User Impact: Users can influence ecosystem stability by adjusting token transfer frequency, fostering balanced growth.

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4. Oxygen Levels (Pooled Liquidity)

• Role: Supports replication and organism survival.

• Input: Liquidity pools

• Behavior:

  • High oxygen levels (large liquidity pools) support rapid replication and organism diversification.

  • Low oxygen levels trigger dormancy or decay, slowing evolution.

User Impact: By contributing liquidity, users directly increase oxygen, enabling faster replication and survival of digital organisms.