Identity-Based Computing: A Post-Device Architecture

We shouldn’t think in terms of devices anymore.
We should think in terms of namespaces — persistent, cryptographic identities that transcend hardware.

Let’s break down what that means.

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💡 Why Devices No Longer Make Sense
Traditional computing forces us into a device-centric mindset:
• my iPhone
• my Mac
• my PC
• my Raspberry Pi
• my server
• my browser session

Every one of these is treated as a “container of state”.

But as soon as you lose or switch devices, your identity fractures:
• files are scattered
• logins are reset
• sessions expire
• sync breaks
• the user becomes dependent on cloud accounts

This model is fragile.

And most importantly:

Device identity ≠ Human identity
Device memory ≠ Personal memory

This mismatch is the root of most complexity in modern computing.

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🔥 Identity-Based Computing

In an identity-based architecture, the device is irrelevant.

Instead of tying your state to hardware,
you tie your state to a namespace:

abellae.me
sui.neurons
someone.cleaker
pamela.calendar

This namespace becomes your computational space.
It’s:
• portable
• cryptographically secured
• independent of hardware
• always derivable
• always consistent
• always yours

With this system:

Your computer does not hold your identity.
Your identity holds your computer.

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🧬 .me Calculus — Identity as a Pure Function

The core primitive of this architecture is something called .me Calculus, which models identity not as objects, not as devices, but as pure derivations.

A runtime instance looks like this:

const me = new ME("abellae", "secret123");

From there, everything — absolutely everything — is derived semantically:

me.profile.name("Abella");
me.wallet.eth.balance(500);
console.log(me("wallet.eth.balance")); // -> 500

No databases.
No files.
No persistent device storage.
Everything is reconstructed from:
• your identity root
• your secret(s)
• your semantic tree of derivations

Meaning:

There is no machine state.
Only identity-state, deterministically rebuilt anywhere.

This effectively kills the traditional idea of “sync”.

If your identity can be reconstructed anywhere,
then sync is not synchronization — it’s derivation.

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🔐 Fractal Secrets: Private Universes Inside Your Identity
One of the most powerful aspects of .me is fractal secrets.

You can do:

me.wallet.secret("XYZ");

…and instantly create a private cryptographic universe inside your identity namespace.

This secret:
• encrypts entire branches
• isolates semantic subtrees
• creates nested, independent universes
• allows selective disclosure
• can be stacked infinitely (secret(A), secret(B), secret(C))

This lets your identity contain:
• public branches
• private branches
• nested secret universes
• multiverses of personal state

All derivable. All portable.
All dependent only on the secret you choose to reveal.

This is zero-trust identity architecture — but elegant.

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🌍 Devices Become Interchangeable

Now here’s the core paradigm shift:

In Identity-Based Computing, you don’t think in terms of devices.
You think in terms of addresses.

Any hardware becomes just:
• a temporary incarnation
• a rendering surface
• a node capable of hosting your namespace for a moment

Your identity becomes the operating system.
Your namespace becomes your filesystem.
Your secrets become your access model.
Your derivations become your state.

Machines no longer matter.

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🔗 Cleaker + Netget: The Network Layer

Identity-Based Computing pairs naturally with Cleaker, a semantic blockchain that transports identities, and with Netget, a peer-to-peer addressing system.

Together, they give you:
• identity-centric networking
• semantic channels (@pamela#calendar2024)
• universal messaging
• real-time distributed identity graphs
• device-independent presence

Your identity is no longer “logged into” a device.
It’s alive in the network.

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🎨 What This Enables

Here are some capabilities unlocked by this architecture:
✔ Universal Identity (no servers, no cloud)
A single secret reconstructs your entire universe anywhere.
✔ Stateless hardware
Your laptop is just a calculator.
Your phone is just a window.
Your identity is the computer.
✔ Self-contained cryptographic universes
Every secret unlocks a different world inside “you”.
✔ Semantic computing
Instead of:
db.users.get(userId)
you write:
me.profile.name
and it just exists.
✔ Zero sync
Everything derives from identity roots.
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If you’re curious about .me, Cleaker, or Identity-Derived Universes, ask anytime.