World Runtime Skill
"The age of linear computing is behind us." -- Morph Labs "Verses are parallel universes corresponding to probability events." -- Dave White, Paradigm
Overview
WorldRuntime provides the execution substrate for Multiverse Finance verses via:
- Firecracker microVMs: Secure, fast isolation (~125ms boot)
- Morph Infinibranch: Instant branching/snapshotting (<250ms)
- Paradigm Verses: Financial parallel universes with push_down/pull_up
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ WORLD RUNTIME │
│ (Firecracker + Infinibranch) │
└───────────────┬─────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┐
│ │ │
┌───────▼───────┐ ┌───────▼───────┐ ┌───────▼───────┐
│ verse-nash │ │ verse-optimal │ │ verse-chaos │
│ trit: -1 │ │ trit: 0 │ │ trit: +1 │
│ prob: 0.45 │ │ prob: 0.35 │ │ prob: 0.20 │
└───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘
│ │ │
└───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┘
│
┌───────▼───────┐
│ pull_up │
│ (resolution) │
│ WEV = PoA-1 │
└───────────────┘
Architecture
Layer 1: Firecracker (Isolation)
// Firecracker provides:
// - KVM-based microVMs
// - 125ms boot time
// - 5MB memory overhead
// - Minimal attack surface
// - Rate limiters for I/O
struct MicroVM {
vcpu_count: u8, // 1-32 vCPUs
mem_size_mib: u32, // Memory in MiB
boot_source: BootSource,
drives: Vec<Drive>,
network_interfaces: Vec<NetworkInterface>,
}
Layer 2: Infinibranch (Branching)
# Morph Cloud Infinibranch provides:
# - <250ms snapshot/restore
# - Zero-overhead branching
# - Complete state preservation (memory, disk, network)
# - Unlimited parallel branches
from morphcloud import MorphSandbox
# Create base world
world = await MorphSandbox.create()
await world.execute_code("import pandas as pd; data = load_universe()")
# Snapshot at decision point
snapshot_id = await world.snapshot("pre-event")
# Branch into parallel verses
verse_nash = await MorphSandbox.create(snapshot_id=snapshot_id)
verse_optimal = await MorphSandbox.create(snapshot_id=snapshot_id)
verse_chaos = await MorphSandbox.create(snapshot_id=snapshot_id)
# Execute in parallel with GF(3) conservation
results = await asyncio.gather(
verse_nash.execute_code("strategy = 'selfish'; evolve()"), # -1
verse_optimal.execute_code("strategy = 'cooperative'; evolve()"), # 0
verse_chaos.execute_code("strategy = 'random'; evolve()"), # +1
)
Layer 3: Verses (Financial)
// Paradigm Multiverse Finance
// Verses partition the outcome space
struct Verse {
bytes32 verseId;
bytes32 parentId;
bytes32[] children;
uint256 probability; // Fixed-point probability
bool resolved;
bool outcome; // true = verse exists, false = verse collapsed
}
// Multiverse Map: verse -> owner -> balance
mapping(bytes32 => mapping(address => uint256)) public multiverseMap;
// Operations
function pushDown(bytes32 parent, bytes32[] calldata children) external;
function pullUp(bytes32[] calldata children, bytes32 parent) external;
GF(3) Triads
ramanujan-expander (-1) ⊗ world-extractable-value (0) ⊗ world-runtime (+1) = 0 ✓ [Core]
three-match (-1) ⊗ world-hopping (0) ⊗ world-runtime (+1) = 0 ✓ [Branching]
polyglot-spi (-1) ⊗ mdm-cobordism (0) ⊗ world-runtime (+1) = 0 ✓ [Cobordism]
shadow-goblin (-1) ⊗ chromatic-walk (0) ⊗ world-runtime (+1) = 0 ✓ [Tracing]
temporal-coalgebra (-1) ⊗ acsets (0) ⊗ world-runtime (+1) = 0 ✓ [State]
Implementation
Babashka
(ns world-runtime
(:require [babashka.http-client :as http]
[cheshire.core :as json]))
(def MORPH_API_KEY (System/getenv "MORPH_API_KEY"))
(defn create-world
"Create a new world (Infinibranch sandbox)"
[config]
(let [resp (http/post "https://api.cloud.morph.so/v1/sandboxes"
{:headers {"Authorization" (str "Bearer " MORPH_API_KEY)
"Content-Type" "application/json"}
:body (json/generate-string config)})]
(json/parse-string (:body resp) true)))
(defn snapshot-world
"Snapshot current world state (<250ms)"
[world-id name]
(let [resp (http/post (str "https://api.cloud.morph.so/v1/sandboxes/" world-id "/snapshots")
{:headers {"Authorization" (str "Bearer " MORPH_API_KEY)}
:body (json/generate-string {:name name})})]
(:snapshot_id (json/parse-string (:body resp) true))))
(defn branch-world
"Branch from snapshot into new verse"
[snapshot-id verse-name trit]
(let [world (create-world {:snapshot_id snapshot-id
:metadata {:verse verse-name
:trit trit}})]
{:world-id (:id world)
:verse verse-name
:trit trit}))
(defn push-down
"Split world into parallel verses (GF(3) balanced)"
[world-id]
(let [snapshot-id (snapshot-world world-id "pre-split")]
{:verse-nash (branch-world snapshot-id "nash" -1)
:verse-optimal (branch-world snapshot-id "optimal" 0)
:verse-chaos (branch-world snapshot-id "chaos" +1)
:gf3-sum 0}))
(defn execute-in-verse
"Execute code in a verse"
[world-id code]
(let [resp (http/post (str "https://api.cloud.morph.so/v1/sandboxes/" world-id "/execute")
{:headers {"Authorization" (str "Bearer " MORPH_API_KEY)}
:body (json/generate-string {:code code})})]
(json/parse-string (:body resp) true)))
(defn pull-up
"Resolve verses and extract WEV"
[verses oracle-result]
(let [winning-verse (case oracle-result
:nash (:verse-nash verses)
:optimal (:verse-optimal verses)
:chaos (:verse-chaos verses))
losing-verses (remove #(= % winning-verse) (vals verses))
wev (reduce + (map :balance losing-verses))]
{:winner winning-verse
:wev wev
:collapsed (map :verse losing-verses)}))
DuckDB Schema
-- WorldRuntime entities
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS world_runtime_entities (
entity_id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
entity_type VARCHAR NOT NULL, -- 'microvm', 'sandbox', 'verse'
parent_id VARCHAR,
snapshot_id VARCHAR,
trit INT CHECK (trit IN (-1, 0, 1)),
state VARCHAR DEFAULT 'running', -- 'running', 'snapshotted', 'collapsed'
memory_mib INT,
vcpu_count INT,
boot_time_ms FLOAT,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
resolved_at TIMESTAMP
);
-- Branching events
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS world_branches (
branch_id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
parent_entity_id VARCHAR REFERENCES world_runtime_entities(entity_id),
child_entity_ids VARCHAR[], -- Array of child entity IDs
branch_type VARCHAR, -- 'push_down', 'fork', 'snapshot'
snapshot_time_ms FLOAT,
gf3_sum INT,
branched_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- Verse resolutions
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS verse_resolutions (
resolution_id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
verses VARCHAR[], -- Participating verse IDs
winning_verse VARCHAR,
oracle_source VARCHAR,
wev_extracted FLOAT,
pull_up_time_ms FLOAT,
resolved_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- Performance metrics
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS runtime_metrics (
metric_id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
entity_id VARCHAR REFERENCES world_runtime_entities(entity_id),
boot_time_ms FLOAT,
snapshot_time_ms FLOAT,
branch_time_ms FLOAT,
memory_overhead_mb FLOAT,
measured_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
Performance Characteristics
| Operation | Firecracker | Infinibranch | Combined | |-----------|-------------|--------------|----------| | Boot/Create | ~125ms | ~250ms | ~250ms* | | Snapshot | N/A | <250ms | <250ms | | Branch | Clone (~seconds) | <250ms | <250ms | | Memory Overhead | ~5MB | Variable | ~5MB base | | Isolation | KVM + seccomp | Full VM | Hardware + VM |
*Infinibranch uses pre-warmed Firecracker pools
Comparison: Traditional vs WorldRuntime
| Aspect | Traditional VMs | WorldRuntime | |--------|-----------------|--------------| | Boot Time | 2-3 minutes | <250ms | | Branching | Full clone | Zero-overhead | | State Preservation | Manual snapshots | Instant any-point | | Parallel Exploration | Resource duplication | Native support | | Financial Primitives | None | Verses + WEV |
Integration with Existing Skills
With world-extractable-value (trit: 0)
;; WEV extraction via WorldRuntime
(defn extract-wev [seed]
(let [worlds (push-down (create-world {:seed seed}))
;; Execute different strategies in parallel
_ (execute-in-verse (:world-id (:verse-nash worlds))
"strategy = 'selfish'")
_ (execute-in-verse (:world-id (:verse-optimal worlds))
"strategy = 'cooperative'")
;; Oracle determines outcome
oracle-result :optimal
;; Pull up and extract
result (pull-up worlds oracle-result)]
{:wev (:wev result)
:winner (:winner result)}))
With chromatic-walk (trit: 0)
;; 3-agent chromatic walk across verses
(defn chromatic-verse-walk [seed]
(let [worlds (push-down (create-world {:seed seed}))]
;; Generator (+1) in chaos verse
(execute-in-verse (:world-id (:verse-chaos worlds))
"generate_proposals()")
;; Coordinator (0) in optimal verse
(execute-in-verse (:world-id (:verse-optimal worlds))
"coordinate_proposals()")
;; Validator (-1) in nash verse
(execute-in-verse (:world-id (:verse-nash worlds))
"validate_proposals()")))
Commands
# WorldRuntime operations
just world-runtime-create # Create new world
just world-runtime-snapshot # Snapshot current state
just world-runtime-branch # Branch into 3 verses
just world-runtime-push-down # push_down operation
just world-runtime-pull-up # pull_up with oracle
just world-runtime-metrics # Performance metrics
# Query runtime entities
just world-runtime-entities # List all entities
just world-runtime-branches # Branch history
just world-runtime-resolutions # Resolution history
Future: Monad Parallel Execution
For on-chain verse execution, Monad's optimistic parallel execution provides:
- Identical block semantics to Ethereum
- Parallel transaction execution
- Automatic re-execution on conflicts
- Perfect for verse state transitions
Monad Block = [Tx1, Tx2, Tx3, ...]
= verse_nash || verse_optimal || verse_chaos
= GF(3) balanced execution
References
- AWS Firecracker (2018) -- "Lightweight virtualization for serverless"
- Morph Labs (2025) -- "Infinibranch Sandboxes"
- Paradigm/Dave White (2025) -- "Multiverse Finance"
- Monad (2025) -- "Parallel Execution Documentation"
- KVM -- Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine
See Also
- world-extractable-value - WEV calculation
- world-hopping - Badiou triangle traversal
- chromatic-walk - 3-agent exploration
- mdm-cobordism - State cobordisms
Scientific Skill Interleaving
This skill connects to the K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills ecosystem:
Graph Theory
- networkx [○] via bicomodule
- Universal graph hub
Bibliography References
general: 734 citations in bib.duckdb
Cat# Integration
This skill maps to Cat# = Comod(P) as a bicomodule in the equipment structure:
Trit: 0 (ERGODIC)
Home: Prof
Poly Op: ⊗
Kan Role: Adj
Color: #26D826
GF(3) Naturality
The skill participates in triads satisfying:
(-1) + (0) + (+1) ≡ 0 (mod 3)
This ensures compositional coherence in the Cat# equipment structure.