An open standard for hardware-attested verification of clean energy generation.
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Noethrion is an open standard for hardware-attested verification of electricity generation. The protocol allows producers, consumers, and regulators to cryptographically verify the source and timing of any kilowatt-hour through digital signatures originating at hardware secure elements installed adjacent to electricity meters.
NOET is the verification artifact issued for one attested kilowatt-hour. It serves as a unit of account inside the protocol for audit, traceability, and settlement of energy-attestation claims. It is not a payment instrument, a store-of-value asset, or a monetary alternative — sovereign currencies (USD, EUR, CNY, others) continue to handle commerce.
A verification layer for energy attestation — analogous to how DNS verifies domain ownership and how X.509 certificates verify identity.
It is infrastructure that serves the existing world — like ICANN serves DNS, like Bluetooth SIG serves wireless protocols.
The convergence of two trends makes this urgent:
- Compute infrastructure scale-up: large-scale data center operators have committed nearly 10 GW of nuclear capacity across more than a dozen agreements. Operators in this sector require cryptographically verifiable provenance of energy used to substantiate their sustainability claims.
- Carbon regulation: EU CBAM entered force on January 1, 2026. Goods imported into the EU now require carbon attestation at the source. The era of carbon estimation is ending.
The existing system — RECs, Guarantees of Origin, I-RECs — operates on annual matching, spreadsheet trading, and absent device-level attestation. It is structurally insufficient for what is coming.
- A secure element (~$0.87 in volume — Microchip ATECC608B or similar) sits adjacent to a kilowatt-hour meter.
- Every 60 seconds, the chip signs a tuple
(kWh_delta, timestamp, deviceID)with ECDSA P-256. - The private key never leaves the silicon.
- Signatures batch into Merkle trees and anchor to an EVM-compatible Layer 2 settlement network every ~10 minutes.
- Anyone, anywhere, with the device's public key can verify any single attestation in under a second.
- Each verified kWh produces a corresponding NOET attestation token, recorded on-chain through a deterministic, rule-based protocol with no discretionary issuance.
Read the full whitepaper for cryptographic details, threat model, and economic design.
Noethrion provides:
- Cryptographic attestation of electricity generation at the device level
- Verifiable provenance for clean energy claims
- A standardized format for energy data that integrators, auditors, and regulators can rely on
Noethrion does not provide: payment rails, energy trading, market-making, currency issuance, or general-purpose smart contracts.
| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| Whitepaper v0.1 | ✅ Published |
| Constitution v0.1 | ✅ Published |
| Brand Book v0.3 | ✅ Published |
| Reference architecture | ✅ Documented |
| Internet-Draft v0.1 | ✅ Draft published (RATS WG submission pending review) |
| Smart contracts | ✅ Beta — claim() + m-of-n quorum + admin slashing + 127/127 forge tests + 25/25 Halmos symbolic proofs (every public function pinned, including the no-retroactive-shrink guarantee on both threshold and challenge window); pre-audit readiness doc at docs/audit/smart-contracts-audit.md; production deploy + incident-response runbooks at docs/runbooks/ |
| Hardware POC firmware | ✅ Skeleton — ESP32 + ATECC608B probe-only, bring-up pending |
| Reference tools (CLI + libraries) | ✅ Published (Python, TypeScript, Solidity) |
| Threat model + ADRs | ✅ Published |
| Hardware vendor evaluation | ✅ Published |
| Multi-client implementations | 📋 Planned (3+ targeted) |
| Smart contract third-party audit | 📋 Funded via grant track; before v1.0 mainnet |
| m-of-n validator quorum | ✅ Shipped (v0.2 reference contract) |
| Post-quantum migration | 📋 v0.2+ (prototype on grant roadmap) |
2026 H1 (Q2-Q3) · Foundation Phase
- Hardware POC working bench
- Smart contracts on EVM testnet
- IETF I-D submission to RATS WG
- First conference talks
2026 H2 · Validation Phase
- 5–10 partner integrations (residential solar inverters)
- Smart contracts audit
- Foundation legal entity (Delaware C-Corp Initial Development Co.)
- First grant approvals (Gitcoin, EF ESP)
2027 · Launch Phase
- Mainnet launch on an EVM-compatible Layer 2
- Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (no presale, no team allocation discount)
- First commercial integration with an AI infrastructure operator
- Marshall Islands DAO LLC for token governance
2028+ · Scale Phase
- Switzerland Stiftung Foundation incorporation
- Initial Development Co. self-dissolution
- Multi-client ecosystem (3–5 reference clients)
- Founder transition to advisory
We are looking for:
- Embedded engineers experienced with secure elements (ATECC608, OPTIGA Trust M, EdgeLock SE050, NXP A71CH)
- Solidity developers comfortable with Foundry and security-first design on EVM Layer 2 networks
- Energy systems engineers with experience in grid balancing, RECs, or 24/7 CFE
- Climate policy experts tracking CBAM, EU Green Deal, US IRA implementation
- Standards body participants in IETF (RATS WG, SUIT WG), IEEE PES, IEC TC 57
- Critical reviewers — especially those who think this won't work
Contact: team@noethrion.com Discussions: github.com/noethrion/noethrion/discussions
noethrion/
├── README.md this file
├── QUICKSTART.md five-minute on-ramp
├── EXAMPLES.md end-to-end protocol walkthrough
├── FAQ.md 30 anticipated launch-day questions
├── THREAT_MODEL.md ten adversary classes + mitigations matrix
├── CONTRIBUTING.md / SECURITY.md / CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md / LICENSE
├── docs/ Whitepaper, Constitution, Brand Book, ADRs, hardware vendor matrix
│ ├── whitepaper.html / constitution.html / brand-book-v0.3.html / index.html (landing)
│ ├── adr/ seven Architecture Decision Records (P-256, hardware, L2, Stiftung, no-sale, threshold-submitter, prod-multisig)
│ └── hardware-vendor-matrix.md
├── spec/ IETF-style protocol specification
│ └── noethrion-attestation-v0.1.md
├── contracts/ Foundry — NoethrionAttester + NoethrionToken (Solidity 0.8.24, 127 forge tests + 25 Halmos symbolic checks)
├── firmware/ ESP32 + ATECC608B reference (PlatformIO, probe-only skeleton)
├── examples/ end-to-end lifecycle + integrator templates (Python / TS / Solidity)
├── tools/ Python CLI — provision, verify, render social assets
├── node/ independent verifier — re-verifies finalized batches + signatures off-chain, alarms on mismatch (Python / Go / browser-WASM — live at https://noethrion.com/network/)
├── assets/ SVG logos (D / E / F / G categories), social card sources
└── .github/ CI (lint + Foundry tests), Cloudflare Pages deploy workflow
MIT License · Copyright © 2026 Noethrion contributors.
The protocol specification is intended to remain open and license-permissive in perpetuity.
For security disclosures, see SECURITY.md. Email: security@noethrion.com.
Noethrion — открытый стандарт для аппаратно-подтверждённой верификации генерации электричества. Протокол позволяет производителям, потребителям и регуляторам криптографически верифицировать источник и время генерации любого киловатт-часа через цифровые подписи у hardware secure elements, установленных рядом с электросчётчиками.
NOET — единица учёта в протоколе, представляющая один верифицированный киловатт-час. Это не платёжный инструмент, не store-of-value актив и не монетарная альтернатива — это верификационный токен аттестации, используемый внутри протокола для учёта, аудита и traceability.
Слой верификации для энергетической аттестации — аналогично тому как DNS верифицирует владение доменом, а X.509 сертификаты верифицируют identity.
Это инфраструктура, которая обслуживает существующий мир — как ICANN обслуживает DNS, как Bluetooth SIG обслуживает беспроводные протоколы.
Конвергенция двух трендов делает это срочным:
- Масштабирование compute infrastructure: у операторов дата-центров крупного масштаба почти 10 ГВт ядерных мощностей законтрактовано более чем в дюжине соглашений. Операторам этого сектора нужно криптографически верифицируемое подтверждение происхождения энергии для substantiate их sustainability claims.
- Углеродное регулирование: EU CBAM вступил в силу 1 января 2026 года. Товары, импортируемые в ЕС, теперь требуют атестации углеродного следа у источника. Эра оценки углерода заканчивается.
Существующая система — RECs, Guarantees of Origin, I-RECs — работает на годовом сопоставлении, торговле через таблицы, без device-level аттестации. Структурно недостаточна для того что грядёт.
- Secure element (~$0.87 в объёме — Microchip ATECC608B или аналог) располагается рядом с электросчётчиком.
- Каждые 60 секунд чип подписывает кортеж
(kWh_delta, timestamp, deviceID)через ECDSA P-256. - Приватный ключ никогда не покидает кремний.
- Подписи батчатся в Merkle деревья и анкорятся в EVM-совместимый Layer 2 settlement-network каждые ~10 минут.
- Любой, где угодно, с публичным ключом устройства может проверить любую отдельную аттестацию менее чем за секунду.
- Каждый верифицированный кВт·ч производит соответствующий NOET attestation токен, записываемый on-chain через детерминированный rule-based протокол без discretionary эмиссии.
Полный whitepaper — криптографические детали, threat model, экономический дизайн.
Noethrion обеспечивает:
- Криптографическую аттестацию генерации электричества на уровне устройства
- Верифицируемое происхождение для clean energy claims
- Стандартизированный формат энергетических данных, на который могут полагаться интеграторы, аудиторы и регуляторы
Noethrion не предоставляет: payment rails, energy trading, market-making, эмиссию валюты, general-purpose smart contracts.
| Компонент | Статус |
|---|---|
| Whitepaper v0.1 | ✅ Опубликован |
| Constitution v0.1 | ✅ Опубликована |
| Brand Book v0.3 | ✅ Опубликован |
| Reference architecture | ✅ Документирована |
| Internet-Draft v0.1 | ✅ Draft опубликован (submission в RATS WG после review) |
| Smart contracts | ✅ Beta — claim() + m-of-n кворум + admin slashing + 127/127 forge тестов + 25/25 Halmos symbolic proofs (каждая публичная функция contract'а pinned, включая no-retroactive-shrink гарантию на threshold и challenge window); pre-audit readiness doc в docs/audit/smart-contracts-audit.md; production deploy + incident-response runbooks в docs/runbooks/ |
| Hardware POC firmware | ✅ Skeleton — ESP32 + ATECC608B probe-only, bring-up в очереди |
| Reference tools (CLI + libraries) | ✅ Опубликованы (Python, TypeScript, Solidity) |
| Threat model + ADRs | ✅ Опубликованы |
| Hardware vendor evaluation | ✅ Опубликовано |
| Multi-client implementations | 📋 Запланировано (3+ targeted) |
| Smart contract third-party audit | 📋 Через grant track; до v1.0 mainnet |
| m-of-n validator quorum | ✅ Shipped (v0.2 reference contract) |
| Post-quantum migration | 📋 v0.2+ (prototype в grant roadmap) |
2026 H1 (Q2-Q3) · Foundation Phase
- Hardware POC рабочий стенд
- Smart contracts на EVM testnet
- IETF I-D submission в RATS WG
- Первые conference talks
2026 H2 · Validation Phase
- 5–10 partner интеграций (residential solar inverters)
- Аудит smart contracts
- Foundation legal entity (Delaware C-Corp Initial Development Co.)
- Первые grant approvals (Gitcoin, EF ESP)
2027 · Launch Phase
- Mainnet launch на EVM-совместимый Layer 2
- Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (без presale, без team allocation discount)
- Первая коммерческая интеграция с AI infrastructure оператором
- Marshall Islands DAO LLC для token governance
2028+ · Scale Phase
- Switzerland Stiftung Foundation incorporation
- Initial Development Co. самораспуск
- Multi-client ecosystem (3–5 reference clients)
- Founder переход в advisory
Мы ищем:
- Embedded инженеров с опытом в secure elements (ATECC608, OPTIGA Trust M, EdgeLock SE050, NXP A71CH)
- Solidity разработчиков свободно владеющих Foundry, security-first дизайном на EVM Layer 2 сетях
- Energy systems инженеров с опытом в grid balancing, RECs или 24/7 CFE
- Climate policy экспертов отслеживающих CBAM, EU Green Deal, US IRA implementation
- Участников standards bodies в IETF (RATS WG, SUIT WG), IEEE PES, IEC TC 57
- Критических ревьюеров — особенно тех кто думает что это не сработает
Контакт: team@noethrion.com Discussions: github.com/noethrion/noethrion/discussions
noethrion/
├── README.md this file
├── QUICKSTART.md five-minute on-ramp
├── EXAMPLES.md end-to-end protocol walkthrough
├── FAQ.md 30 anticipated launch-day questions
├── THREAT_MODEL.md ten adversary classes + mitigations matrix
├── CONTRIBUTING.md / SECURITY.md / CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md / LICENSE
├── docs/ Whitepaper, Constitution, Brand Book, ADRs, hardware vendor matrix
│ ├── whitepaper.html / constitution.html / brand-book-v0.3.html / index.html (landing)
│ ├── adr/ seven Architecture Decision Records (P-256, hardware, L2, Stiftung, no-sale, threshold-submitter, prod-multisig)
│ └── hardware-vendor-matrix.md
├── spec/ IETF-style protocol specification
│ └── noethrion-attestation-v0.1.md
├── contracts/ Foundry — NoethrionAttester + NoethrionToken (Solidity 0.8.24, 127 forge tests + 25 Halmos symbolic checks)
├── firmware/ ESP32 + ATECC608B reference (PlatformIO, probe-only skeleton)
├── examples/ end-to-end lifecycle + integrator templates (Python / TS / Solidity)
├── tools/ Python CLI — provision, verify, render social assets
├── node/ independent verifier — re-verifies finalized batches + signatures off-chain, alarms on mismatch (Python / Go / browser-WASM — live at https://noethrion.com/network/)
├── assets/ SVG logos (D / E / F / G categories), social card sources
└── .github/ CI (lint + Foundry tests), Cloudflare Pages deploy workflow
MIT License · Copyright © 2026 Noethrion contributors.
Спецификация протокола задумана как открытая и license-permissive бессрочно.
Для security disclosures смотри SECURITY.md. Email: security@noethrion.com.
η = E_useful / E_total
Every kilowatt-hour deserves a signature. Каждый киловатт-час заслуживает подписи.