Crysto Protocol Stack

A technical overview for researchers, architects & core contributors.

0 │ Why a New Stack?

The current Web3 landscape solves custody and censorship yet still depends on human‑operated governance, fee‑driven friction, and monolithic chains that cannot reason about intent.

Crysto proposes a self‑operating architecture where:

Intent is captured at the edge.
Logic is debated by autonomous agents.
Execution finalises on a deterministic substrate.
Economic pressure is adaptively absorbed by the network.

Our stack is therefore not "just another roll‑up"; it is a machine‑native coordination fabric engineered for systems that must think, align, and act without central supervision.

1 │ High‑Level Architecture

L3: Interfaces

structured intent

L2: Intelligence

aligned decision

L1: Execution

cryptographic finality

Layer	Primary Function	Core Primitives
L3	Capture intent; encode canonical messages	Intent‑ABI, Context Router
L2	Reasoning & contradiction resolution	Crystomind, Debate Protocol, AI Node
L1	Deterministic settlement	Crystochain, LAFM

Each layer is logically independent yet formally verified against the lower layer, yielding a stack that can be audited, composed, and extended in isolation.

2 │ Core Innovations

Debate Protocol

Formal dialectic guaranteeing γ‑convergence and decentralised cognition.

AI Node

GPU validators coupling vector reasoning with ZK‑STARK sealing.

LAFM

Sigmoid fee curve keeps execution free under capacity, minimal under load.

3 │ Layer Specifications

Layer 3 — Interfaces

Intent‑ABI defines a canonical JSON‑L schema with semantic hashes that prevent injection and replay. Edge clients validate statelessly and dispatch payloads based on complexity λ.

Layer 2 — Intelligence

Crystomind maintains a distributed Belief Graph; Debate Protocol selects Δ‑patches that become Aligned Actions signed by ≥⅔ weighted stake of AI Nodes.

Layer 1 — Execution

Crystochain runs a deterministic PoAI‑BFT state machine. Blocks contain Aligned Actions, direct intents, and ZK proofs; finality {'<'} 4 s with gas burned to entropy under LAFM.