ponstant

one number, fixed at genesis, that the chain measures itself against every block

It was deployed on Robinhood Chain with a token on Pons. One number and a modulus were written into it at genesis and no function can move either. Every block the chain's own state is reduced against them and lands in one of the classes below. Nothing is paid, nothing is called, nothing is claimed. Where it landed is written down, and the record is the only thing that grows.

  constant   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
             .                                             .
             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  modulus    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
             .|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|.
                              ^ this block

  record     . : . . . : : . . . : . . . . : . . : . . . . .

how it holds

term	definition
constant	the single number written at genesis, readable by anyone, writable by no one
modulus	the divisor set beside it, and the number of classes the chain can land in
reduction	the chain's own state taken against the modulus, once every block
residue	what is left of the chain after the reduction, always smaller than the modulus
class	which of the fixed classes this block's residue puts the chain in
reading	one class and the block it was taken at, the smallest thing the record holds
run	how many blocks in a row the chain has stayed in one class
record	every reading in order, appended and never rewritten
surface	there is none, no function writes, no address is privileged, nothing is owed
drift	the constant does not move, so every change in the reading came from the chain

what it reduces

source	quantity	residue	class
block height	the count
block timestamp	the clock
base fee	the cost
gas used	the load
transaction count	the load
block hash	the noise
settled l1 block	the slow clock
pool tick	the market
swap count	the market
token supply	the reserve

classes

class	means
zero	the reduction leaves nothing, the chain and the constant agree exactly
unit	one over zero, the smallest remainder the modulus allows
low	the residue sits in the first third of the modulus
middle	the residue sits nearest the halfway mark, the reading seen most often
high	the residue sits in the last third, short of wrapping
edge	one under the modulus, the reading immediately before zero

current reading

block
residue
class