NOX OS — nχ (Night)

A decentralized OS where processes are information-geometric subregions, every syscall is a signed RingCT transaction on a DAG, and privacy is Monero-native.

NOX is not a blockchain. It's not a Linux distribution. It's an experiment in what an operating system looks like when information geometry is the fundamental description and the kernel has no privileged interior access.

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Architecture

Six layers, all operational:

Layer	Component	Status
0	Subregion Fabric — Wei entanglement wedges for process isolation	Complete
1	DAG Consensus — MCMC tip selection, cumulative weight, no mining	Complete
2	WASM Sandbox — Real wasmtime execution with memory limits	Complete
3	Entropy Source — RDRAND + urandom + thermal noise (TSU analog)	Complete
4	InfoGeo Monitor — logdet(Σ), H(attn), Λ-gate, OOD detection	Complete
5	XMR Wallet — Monero-only, stealth addresses, Pedersen commitments	Complete
6	P2P Network — Ed25519-signed gossip (transport stub)	Partial

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/jacquesmyo/nox-os.git
cd nox-os
pip install -e .
python nox/main.py

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║  NOX OS — nχ (Night)                                    ║
║  Kernel Without Kernel                                   ║
║  Information Geometry as Fundamental                    ║
║  Monero-Native | DAG Consensus | WASM Sandbox           ║
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[Layer 0] Initializing Subregion Fabric...
[Layer 1] Initializing Transaction DAG...
[Layer 2] Initializing WASM Runtime (wasmtime)...
[Layer 3] Initializing Entropy Sources...
[Layer 4] Initializing Information-Geometric Monitor...
[Layer 5] Initializing Monero Wallet (XMR only)...
[Layer 6] Initializing P2P Network...

NOX node nox_node_0 initialized.
  Wallet: 4af66b76...
  DAG genesis: f78c59e1...
  Entropy available: 256 bits

Design Principles

1. Information geometry is fundamental. CPU/memory/disk are effective theory. Subregions and entropy boundaries are the real description.
2. The kernel mediates boundaries, not interiors. Every syscall is a signed transaction on the DAG. The OS never has privileged access to process state.
3. Monero-native. No BTC, no ETH, no USDC. Stealth addresses, Pedersen commitments, RingCT. Privacy is not optional.
4. No mining. No fees. Consensus from cumulative weight. OS operations don't pay gas.
5. CPU-only. Runs on a laptop.

What's Next (0.2)

• Real P2P transport (TCP sockets, peer discovery, DAG sync)
• Interactive shell / REPL
• On-disk persistence (DAG, wallet, subregions)
• Multi-node demo

Full design document: NOX.md

Research Foundation

Built on concepts from the second-brain vault:

• Black hole as information-geometric subregion (Wei 2606.03977)
• Log-determinant degradation detection (Moe Subject Fork B)
• Lambda-gate context saturation (Todorinov minimum mass analog)
• Berry phase spectral discretization

License

MIT