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Illumina — Boiled Peanuts Demo
Carrier Pigeon · Jupiter · Lighthouse — a playful, working rendezvous spec
Author: Tristan White • v1.0 • Updated: Wed, Sep 3, 2025
At a glance
Analogy
- Jar of boiled peanuts → Courier (store&forward artifact)
- Roadside smell/sign → Lighthouse (beacon header)
- Batch stamp → Jupiter key (address & clock)
Illumina-1 (minimal spec)
M = { prime length p, Barker-like autocorrelation, checksum }
p ∈ {31, 47}
- ECC: RS(31,19) or extended Golay(24,12,8)
- Anchors: ( α, me/mp, Q, Gℏ/c³ )
🥜 Taste the Flavor
Experience the essence of boiled peanuts — the smell, the sign, and the key.
Smell — Espresso
The aroma that pulls you in.
Sabrina Carpenter
Sign — Manchild
The signal that marks the spot.
Sabrina Carpenter
Key — Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
The batch stamp that unlocks it all.
Doechii
1) The three roles
Courier (Jar)
High sender τ/bit, ultra-low recipient τ/bit. Ideal for durable artifacts or slow links. Put Illumina-1 inside the jar label.
Lighthouse (Beacon)
Repeat the header on a cadence. It's just the "smell on the roadside" — recognizable even without a payload.
Jupiter (Address & Clock)
Use a compact key that any observer can invert via public ephemerides: year/day bucket + Jupiter rotation + Io phase.
2) Visuals
2.1 Header ring on a jar lid (31 bits)
Black ticks = 1; gray ticks = 0. Place as notches around a lid or as dots around a label border.
2.2 Beacon cadence (prime-spaced repeats)
Example spacing: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11… seconds, then repeat. Any receiver can "lock" by correlating the 31/47 header.
3) Minimal Illumina-1 you can print on a label
3.1 Handshake header
M = { prime length p, Barker-like autocorrelation, checksum }
p ∈ {31, 47}
Example bitstring (illustrative only):
p = 31
1011101001101010010110010010111
3.2 ECC (pick one)
- Reed–Solomon RS(31,19) over GF(32)
- Extended Golay (24,12,8) (tiny, robust)
3.3 Dimensionless anchors
a = ( α, m_e/m_p, Q, Gℏ/c³ )
3.4 Jupiter ephemeris key (unit-free)
K = { Y_64, D_92, J_64, Io_64 }
→ year mod 64, day-bucket, rotation bucket, phase bucket
Publish your exact bucketization and reconstruction tolerance with the batch.
4) DIY (10 minutes)
- Pick p = 31. Print the 31-bit header as notches/dots around a circular lid design.
- Add a small parity code (16-bit checksum or Golay(24,12,8)) to a one-line payload (e.g., a URL or contact).
- Stamp a Jupiter key
Y|D|J|Io (four small integers) on the label as your "batch code."
- Make a small beacon card that repeats the same 31-bit header every 2,3,5,7 seconds (light blinks, sounds, or marks).
- Publish your header/ECC/key mapping once (pre-register), so anyone can verify and replicate.
5) Safety & norms
Use diagnostic encodings that don't perturb anything physical. Keep transmissions within legal spectrum rules.
Pre-register your code family, statistic, and thresholds; publish null ensembles; invite replication.
τ — Illumina
Header: p = 31
ECC: RS(31,19) or Golay(24,12,8)
Key: Y|D|J|Io