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Products that do what Crystalline Protocol – A blockchain with a built-in "Logic Firewall" does

created Crystalline Protocol. It treats the blockchain state not just as a key-value store, but as a mathematical set governed by the Axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. The PoC (written in Rust) demonstrates an "Axiomatic Engine" that enforces the Axiom of Regularity. It physically prevents circular dependencies (logical loops) at the VM level. If a transaction creates a cycle, the "Logic Firewall" rejects it before it can ever be executed.

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