Crystal Memory

4KB Holographic Crystals: 5×5×5 quorum fields compressed to 3×10Kbit

170MB = 4096 attractor basins navigating 2^1.25M space

What It Does

Crystal Memory provides holographic storage where any fragment can reconstruct the whole:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     CRYSTAL MEMORY ARCHITECTURE                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                          │
│   Traditional DB:  Store → Index → Query → Retrieve                     │
│                    O(log N) lookups, index maintenance                  │
│                                                                          │
│   Crystal Memory:  Content → Fingerprint → 5×5×5 Cell → Quorum          │
│                    O(1) resonance, self-healing via redundancy          │
│                                                                          │
│   ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│   │   3 copies × 10Kbit = 30Kbit per memory                         │   │
│   │   5×5×5 = 125 cells × 4096 crystals = 170MB total               │   │
│   │   Any 2-of-3 can reconstruct (quorum consensus)                 │   │
│   └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Integration with ladybug-rs

Crystal Memory is an optional extension for ladybug-rs, providing:

1. Holographic redundancy - 2-of-3 quorum for error correction
2. Attractor basins - Content naturally clusters into 4096 stable states
3. Self-healing - Corrupted data reconstructs from surviving copies

// As optional feature in ladybug-rs
use ladybug::extensions::crystal_memory::CrystalStore;

let crystal = CrystalStore::new(4096); // 4096 attractor basins
crystal.store(&fingerprint, &content);
let recovered = crystal.recall(&partial_fingerprint); // Works with noise!

Relation to Crystal Family

Repo	Purpose	When to Use
crystal-memory	Holographic storage with quorum	Fault-tolerant memory
crystal-savant	Multi-pass CAM codebook	One-time training, fast lookup
crystal-compress	Semantic compression	Large context → small index
spo-crystal	3D knowledge graph	O(1) triple queries

Key Insight

The crystal doesn't "store" memories—it becomes them.
Like a hologram, any shard contains the whole.
Damage doesn't erase; it degrades gracefully.

Usage

cargo add crystal-memory

use crystal_memory::{Crystal, QuorumField};

// Create 5×5×5 quorum field
let field = QuorumField::new();

// Store with 3-way redundancy
field.store_quorum(&key_fingerprint, &value_fingerprint);

// Recall tolerates 1 corrupted copy
let value = field.recall_quorum(&key_fingerprint)?;

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0