Architecture

Khromosome is built on three pillars, all native from genesis: speed, post-quantum security, and an embedded intelligence.

1. Fast EVM execution

The execution layer is Reth (Paradigm, Rust) running a standard, unmodified EVM. Nothing about the application surface is bespoke — the same Solidity, opcodes, and tooling you use on Ethereum work unchanged. What is custom is what we add beneath the EVM (the precompile below), never the EVM contract semantics themselves.

2. Post-quantum security, on chain

Most chains secure every account with ECDSA/secp256k1 — which Shor's algorithm breaks on a sufficiently large quantum computer. Khromosome ships a quantum-safe path into the chain, not as an afterthought:

• A native ML-DSA-87 (Dilithium, FIPS 204, NIST Level 5) verification precompile is embedded in the Khromosome execution client (KhromePQ, a custom Reth v1.8 build).
• PQRegistry lets any account bind a quantum-safe public key as a permanent, forgery-resistant identity anchor; PQVerifier lets contracts require a valid ML-DSA-87 signature on chain.

See Post-Quantum Security.

3. A living intelligence

An AI is part of the network from the first block — present at launch and woven into how the chain operates, rather than a service that calls it from outside. See The Living Chain.

What lives on top

Khromosome is the base layer. The medical-records, tax / AI-CPA, actuary, and vault products are dApps and L2s built on it — application layers, not part of the L1. Anyone can deploy their own the same way.