Distributed Thermodynamic Security (DTS)
Pre-NDA overview · PUBLISH-4.4 · September 2026
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Pre-NDA overview · PUBLISH-4.4 · September 2026
Pre-NDA · Version 1.4 · September 2026
Evidence report · experiment · 47 simulated · 45 held · 2 controls · residual 0
Open the reportPre-publication · Version 1.8 · September 2026 · not submitted
8 U.S. provisionals filed · 11 additional draft-ready
Systems and methods for anchoring digital trust, identity, randomness, and artificial intelligence computation to physical reality through Proof of Physics (PoP). Digital assets are protected by binding them to verifiable physical observables and physical matter, providing post-quantum security and thermodynamic alignment incentives.
A system and method for quality-weighted physical entropy fusion with verifiable provenance attestation combines inputs from a certified partner source and from a distributed physical sensor network using commitments or entropy as appropriate. A physical quality score parameterizes cryptographic mixing (including, in some embodiments, XOR, hashing, or key derivation). A provenance certificate is recorded on an immutable ledger for third-party verification without trusting either provider. Incentives and markets may tie rewards and pricing to quality. The same attestation structure may bind digital identity and AI agent physical presence.
A system and method for multi-dimensional attestation, capability-bound behavioral safety, and enterprise deployment. A parent Physical Reality Sentry agent (preferred embodiment) runs hardware witness (sensor entropy, optional E_bio), software witness (including self-measurement of witness code, subject to same-domain adversary limits), and optional AI authorization, publishing signed epoch data on defined intervals to a distributed immutable ledger under transparent, operator-encrypted, or zero-knowledge tiers. Public Merkle roots and coarse aggregates can be published while per-deployment ciphertexts or commitments on leaves need not be publicly readable. A versioned Capability Manifest and optional Attack Surface Declaration may be published to the chain before client execution; pre-execution sandboxed self-test and continuous conformance with signed behavioral receipts support assurance without sole reliance on ad hoc source review, with defaults keeping detailed receipts in private tiers. Self-defense attestations (sensor, network pinning, process, key-handling) roll up per epoch. Child attestation extends coverage to legacy and new applications via sidecar, host observation, or kernel instrumentation, associated with a parent or site attestation; policy, CI integration, and an enterprise attestation graph unify evidence. Cross-application trust operates when combined with service identity or gateway integration. The combination increases verifiable security posture in a stated threat model and, through privacy transformation, mitigates unauthorized public disclosure of sensitive per-deployment data.
A continuation-in-part to proof-of-physics systems binds recurring multimodal physical entropy sampling to a stack enrollment identifier and room signature reference. Certified commitments and optional beacon contributions require spatial consistency with the enrolled signature; hardware relocation without re-enrollment breaks match and suspends accrual until re-binding.
A continuation-in-part to quality-weighted physical entropy fusion applies cross-modal correlation correction ρ_cross when aggregating per-modality min-entropy into epoch min-entropy h_epoch, reducing inflation from correlated device motion. Optional Lempel-Ziv complexity scoring supports ecosystem tier scenarios. Calibration constants are trade secret.
A single continuation-in-part extends a physical reality sentry platform with: human identity continuity and licensor stack meter billing (57–64); VDF epoch close, zero-knowledge alignment attestation, cognitive throttle, rainbow-teaming receipts, and partition-aware protocols (65–73); bilateral security-operations alert correlation with triage priority classes on an enrolled attestation graph (74–80); and non-biometric PoPID credentials with entitlement ladder extensions to student, voter, worker, and transit contexts (81–88). Cross-modal ρ_cross correction is in related Application No. 64/049,503 CIP.
Systems and methods for a Creator Suite provide human creative-session attestation and physical-presence event admission. During an active creation session, a creator device submits recurring multi-dimensional physical entropy epochs authenticated by the creator’s cryptographic identity; upon completion, a creation certificate binding work metadata, session statistics, and entropy commitments is published to a distributed immutable ledger. For live events, physical-presence admission entitlements require fan devices to submit venue-window entropy samples verified against presence criteria; admitted entitlements bind to fan identity and physics attestation, resisting transfer without contemporaneous venue presence. Virtual participation entitlements enable remote entropy contribution and ticket-scoped PoPUp pod admission without venue binding. The invention complements content-credentials metadata and extends related Proof of Physics, entropy fusion, and sentry attestation systems to human creators and fan events without claiming copyright ownership or specific fee schedules.
Systems and methods monitor PoPAsset premise integrity for computing assets, insured high-value assets, and secure facilities by registering manifested assets and publishing custody transitions at zones already anchored by stack enrollment identifiers and room signature references established according to related stack-enrollment methods, using enrollment-period baseline epoch chains and ledger-anchored custody transitions. Optional passive carbon-texture witness markers without powered electronics are enrolled and verified via mobile camera readers for asset-level tracking. A software custody gate evaluates dual-half PoPAsset entitlements as a logical conjunction of physical and digital validity predicates before permitting asset-scoped operations; unauthorized relocation without proper custody channels automatically suspends the digital half for human, vendor, or agent principals, overriding conventional credentials and delegated agent tokens for that asset.