docs: add Vitalik agreement point to Declaration of Intent

Add point 4: Chains Are Dead — Rethink Crypto
Even Vitalik agrees that chains on their own are dead.
Blockchain communities worshipping a database is insane.
We've been saying this for 5 years.
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@ -27,25 +27,28 @@ The right to leave is the foundation of digital freedom. We build systems where
**3. No Tokens, No Hype** **3. No Tokens, No Hype**
We don't sell hope. We sell working infrastructure. No ICOs. No governance theater. No speculative assets whose value depends on greater fools. We build tools people pay for because they work. We don't sell hope. We sell working infrastructure. No ICOs. No governance theater. No speculative assets whose value depends on greater fools. We build tools people pay for because they work.
**4. Post-Quantum by Default** **4. Chains Are Dead — Rethink Crypto**
Even Vitalik agrees: chains, on their own, are dead. Blockchain communities dancing around the holy golden lamb — a database! — is insane. We've been saying this for 5 years. It's time to rethink what crypto really is: not ledgers to speculate on, but infrastructure to build on.
**5. Post-Quantum by Default**
Cryptographic signatures that survive the quantum era are not a future upgrade — they are table stakes. We don't wait for NIST standards to settle; we implement and adapt. Cryptographic signatures that survive the quantum era are not a future upgrade — they are table stakes. We don't wait for NIST standards to settle; we implement and adapt.
**5. AI as First-Class Citizen** **6. AI as First-Class Citizen**
Agents are not chatbots bolted onto legacy systems. They are sovereign actors with identity, reputation, and capability. Our stack is built for a world where humans and AI coexist as peers. Agents are not chatbots bolted onto legacy systems. They are sovereign actors with identity, reputation, and capability. Our stack is built for a world where humans and AI coexist as peers.
**6. The Kenya Rule** **7. The Kenya Rule**
If it doesn't run on a solar-powered phone in Mombasa, it doesn't run at all. We optimize for minimal resource consumption, offline-first operation, and maximum accessibility. If it doesn't run on a solar-powered phone in Mombasa, it doesn't run at all. We optimize for minimal resource consumption, offline-first operation, and maximum accessibility.
**7. Interplanetary by Necessity** **8. Interplanetary by Necessity**
Humanity's future is multi-planetary. We build systems that function across light-minutes of delay, that synchronize asynchronously, that work when Earth is on the other side of the Sun. Humanity's future is multi-planetary. We build systems that function across light-minutes of delay, that synchronize asynchronously, that work when Earth is on the other side of the Sun.
**8. Protocols Over Platforms** **9. Protocols Over Platforms**
We don't build walled gardens. We build open protocols that anyone can implement, extend, or fork. The value is in the network, not in our servers. We don't build walled gardens. We build open protocols that anyone can implement, extend, or fork. The value is in the network, not in our servers.
**9. Trust But Verify** **10. Trust But Verify**
Cryptographic proof, not platform promises. Reputation graphs, not follower counts. Transparent incentives, not hidden algorithms. Cryptographic proof, not platform promises. Reputation graphs, not follower counts. Transparent incentives, not hidden algorithms.
**10. Code is Speech, Exit is Voice** **11. Code is Speech, Exit is Voice**
We defend the right to build, to experiment, to fork, and to leave. Technology is a tool of liberation — never of control. We defend the right to build, to experiment, to fork, and to leave. Technology is a tool of liberation — never of control.
### This SDK ### This SDK