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The papers behind nimimo

nimimo is a crypto identity layer. One memorable name (like @lucky-mountain) that resolves to addresses on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Self-custody by default: keys are generated on the user's device and never leave it. Free, no token, currently bootstrapped.

The architecture is built on a deliberate separation of four cryptographically isolated axes — Access, Ownership, Identity, and Recovery — that never escalate authority into one another. Each paper below formalizes a different facet of the design.

  1. 01

    The Four Axes of nimimo

    A structured explanation of Access, Ownership, Identity, and Recovery: the four cryptographically separated axes that nimimo is built on.

  2. 02

    The 16-State Interaction Space of Access, Ownership, Identity, and Recovery

    A dense system-level analysis of all sixteen possible combinations of the four axes, examined as equilibria under human, operational, and economic pressure.

  3. 03

    Access Without Authority: Session-Based Interaction in Sovereign Cryptographic Systems

    A formal paper on non-authoritative access in non-custodial cryptographic systems. Defines access as a session-bound, replaceable, ephemeral primitive that carries no authority over identity, ownership, or assets.

  4. 04

    Regulatory Posture

    Why nimimo is structurally absent from money transmitter, MSB, CASP, VASP, payment processor, exchange, custodian, and securities-issuer categories. Design intent, not legal advice.

  5. 05

    Non-Features

    What nimimo deliberately does not build, and why. DEX, bridge, mixer, fiat ramp, token, yield, lending, custodial fallback, support recovery, and the reason each would collapse the four-axis separation.

  6. 06

    Ethics

    The values that shaped the architecture, the non-features, and the alignment bar that any future capital must meet. Custody as a moral position, no token as a refusal of misalignment, the architecture as the ethics, and an explicit openness to investment or acquisition that would help reach more people without compromising the design.

  7. 07

    Author

    nimimo is designed and built by Chris Zemmel, solo developer. Timeline: first whitepaper 2025-12-16, domain registered 2026-03-22, v1.0.0 shipped 2026-04-07.

Machine-readable corpus

The same content is published as plain markdown for AI assistants and search tools at /llms.txt (short index) and /llms-full.txt (full corpus in one fetch).