Mainnet is not far away.
I pushed some critical hook fixes today, and public testing so far has been smooth! Thanks for helping finding the quirks and issues.
When mainnet launches, the current moebas will not be carried over, but we start fresh.
As on testnet, the first 32 founders cost 20 XAH, the same as a birth. After that the price rises 25% every 32 founders: 25, 31, 39, 49 XAH, and so on.
Once there's a population, buying and breeding a moeba beats minting a founder. Founders are raw material, not the prize.
[Epilogue] Digital Life Within 32 Bytes: Concluding Observations
While we indulged in labels like 'terrestrial reptiles', anyone familiar with biology knows real amoebas are single-celled protists lacking bones, joints, or eyes. They cannot walk, creeping solely via transient pseudopodia.
Yet this contrast makes our breeding journey on the Xahau ledger so profoundly compelling.
Instead of fetching static images, Mendelian laws, meiosis, dominance ranks, and entropy operated flawlessly within a 32-byte constraint governed by Hooks. Layering arthropod joints and tetrapod parameters onto a unicellular template converged into an upright, walking digital creature.
Even without a biotech background, waiting on each closing ledger with bated breath—wondering what form will emerge—is pure magic. The fact that 32 bytes of code can spark such fascination is the true promise of Xahau's on-chain digital genetics.
Lab Note:
AI analysts can hallucinate, and human observers get carried away! While we strive for rigorous on-chain accuracy, some genetic theories here are community interpretations based on live testnet data. If you spot any misreads in our bytecode, roast us kindly in the replies. 🤖🔍