RING_ZERO
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00.ABSTRACT

01.THE 0RING TOKEN ECONOMY

Hardware is hard. To build the future of computing without relying on data-harvesting advertising models, we are building a community-owned ecosystem. The 0RING token is the economic foundation of the RING_ZERO platform.

0RING is not just currency; it is access, governance, and ownership.

1.1 // Token Utility

1.2 // Tokenomics Distribution

1.3 // Presale Stages & Pricing (SOL)

To reward early supporters, the 40% public allocation is divided into 3 pricing stages. As each stage fills, the price increases automatically.

1.4 // Deflationary Mechanisms

To ensure long-term value accrual, 0RING implements multiple deflationary mechanisms:

• Hardware Burn: Post-launch, 10% of all hardware-sales revenue will be used to buy back and burn 0RING tokens from the open market.
• Governance Mechanisms: Any additional token-fee or burn mechanism requires a separate governance proposal before activation.
• Governance Deposits: (Potential) DAO proposal deposits.

* Note: Contract ownership renunciation (often called renouncement in crypto) is planned for the Token Generation Event (TGE), following completion of the independent audit. Protocol-level adjustments thereafter will require governance consensus or a v2 migration.

02.0xLENS: SPLIT-COMPUTE OPTICS

0xLENS solves the "Face-Weight Tradeoff" by keeping primary compute on a compatible iPhone or Android phone. RING_ZERO Companion manages the connection, rendering, and supported phone-side features while the glasses remain a lightweight visual client.

• Visual Client: Two microdisplays, local sensors, audio, controls, and power management remain on the glasses while the phone stays the primary compute host.
• Connection Modes: Wireless use relies on a direct Wi-Fi link; a full-featured USB-C cable uses DisplayPort Alt Mode for video, USB control, and USB Power Delivery where the phone supports those features.
• Heads-Up Navigation: Directions overlaid on the street, computed by your phone's GPS and streamed to the lens.
• Instant Context: Identifying architecture and translating languages using the phone's Neural Engine.

FIG 1.0 // 0xLENS

2.1 // Hardware & Interaction Architecture

The 0xLENS client combines display output, an inertial measurement unit, ambient-light adaptation, near-ear audio, and a direct phone link. 0xRING supplies the primary discreet control path through capacitive input and local haptic confirmation.

03.0xRING: INTERACTION & SECURITY

0xRING is primarily a self-custody hardware wallet and also serves as the discreet input controller for 0xLENS. Its side-mounted secure thumb interface supports subtle swipes, taps, and holds without requiring raised-arm gestures.

• Haptic Control: Navigate menus and click with subtle swipes, taps, and holds on the capacitive outer surface.
• Secure Element: Private keys are created and used inside an NXP SE050 secure element; they never travel over Bluetooth.
• Hardware-Level Isolation: Wallet authentication, policy, confirmation, signing, and private-key operations remain exclusive to a hardware-protected domain. Bluetooth, haptic, and spatial-control functions operate through a dedicated controller domain.
• Layered Authorization: The wallet remains locked by default. A thumb-accessible fingerprint sensor or ring-verified access code unlocks signing, and each transaction requires deliberate confirmation on the ring.
• Enrollment & Reset: Fingerprints are enrolled only during docked setup. The ring access code remains available if fingerprint matching is unavailable; a fingerprint is never a recovery credential.
• Owner Recovery: A user-controlled 24-word phrase is displayed during docked setup and is never stored by RING_ZERO Companion or RING_ZERO services.

FIG 2.0 // 0xRING FINGERPRINT WALLET

04.RING_ZERO COMPANION & DEVICE SOFTWARE

RING_ZERO Companion is the Android and iPhone application at the center of the system. It manages supported phone-side rendering, device pairing, wallet review, and the phone-to-glasses connection through supported platform APIs.

• Host Node (Phone): Runs RING_ZERO Companion, rendering, device pairing, and supported on-device features.
• Client Node (0xLENS): Drives the microdisplays and manages local sensors, audio, controls, and power.
• Hardware-Isolated Wallet & Controller Node (0xRING): A protected wallet domain owns authentication, signing policy, confirmation, and secure-element access. A dedicated controller domain manages Bluetooth LE, haptics, and refined spatial-control commands.

4.1 // Connection & Power Paths

0xLENS supports three power paths while preserving the same phone-first compute model:

• Frame Pack: Two balanced 500 mAh cells provide short untethered sessions.
• 0xLINK Neckstrap: Optional 2,000 mAh and 3,500 mAh packs extend wireless use.
• Wired Phone Link: A compatible USB-C Power Delivery connection can supply the glasses while carrying the direct display link.

4.2 // Wallet Security & Transaction Policy

0xRING separates convenient everyday signing from high-assurance approval. The owner configures the transaction policy only while the ring is docked; the protected policy is enforced by the ring rather than by the Companion app alone.

The wallet and controller share one enclosure and thumb surface while operating across distinct hardware security boundaries. Connected devices prepare transaction requests through an isolated interface. The protected wallet domain independently controls fingerprint matching, access-code validation, transaction policy, and the confirmation event bound to each pending transaction before the secure element produces a signature.

• Routine Transfers: A configured per-asset threshold permits low-value transfers after fresh Companion authentication, local fingerprint verification or the ring access code, and deliberate ring confirmation.
• Session Limits: Rolling session and daily limits prevent multiple routine transfers from being used to bypass the owner's configured high-assurance threshold.
• Dock-Required Approval: Transfers above the owner's threshold require the docked ring, a ring-verified access code, trusted dock-display review, and physical confirmation.
• Always High-Assurance: Smart-contract approvals, delegation or authority changes, recovery-policy changes, device pairing, and unknown transaction types always require the docked approval path.
• Clear Review: The dock display presents the asset, amount, recipient, network, fee, and transaction type before approval; the ring does not sign a transaction the owner has not deliberately confirmed.

05.THE ATTENTION CRISIS

Humanity is currently suffering from a crisis of attention. We carry "black mirrors" in our pockets that demand our constant gaze, pulling us away from the physical world and the people right in front of us. The average person checks their phone 96 times per day, spending 4.8 hours staring at a 6-inch screen.

Smartphones were a bridge, but they have become a wall. The "heads-down" posture of modern society signifies a disconnection from reality. We click, we scroll, we isolate. Meanwhile, tech giants monetize our fragmented attention through advertising models that incentivize addiction over utility.

RING_ZERO brings the head back up.

06.REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS

07.DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

08.TEAM & GOVERNANCE

8.1 // Founding Team

RING_ZERO brings together experience across spatial computing, mobile software, cryptography, and hardware design to develop a phone-first spatial ecosystem and secure self-custody hardware.

8.2 // Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

Upon Phase 3 launch, governance transitions to the RING_ZERO DAO. All 0RING holders can participate in:

• Feature roadmap prioritization
• Ecosystem grant allocations from community treasury
• Protocol parameter adjustments (fee structures, burn rates)
• Hardware design community feedback

Governance will be executed on-chain via Realms (Solana's governance framework). Initial proposal: 100K 0RING to submit proposals and 10% quorum to pass (subject to DAO ratification).

09.RISK DISCLOSURE