I'm excited to share ASTRA v1.0, a smart contract language with formal guarantees enforced through six "ASTRA Axioms":
1. Authority is explicit and monotonic 2. No execution without a selector 3. No state mutation without capability 4. No nondeterminism without entropy gate 5. No upgrade without governance authority 6. Replay must reproduce identical results
The Problem: Current smart contract languages make it difficult to prove determinism, enforce security properties, or deploy to multiple chains. Auditing is challenging because execution isn't perfectly reproducible.
The Solution: ASTRA enforces these axioms at runtime, guaranteeing: - Perfect determinism (every execution is replayable) - Explicit security (capability-based access control) - Multi-chain deployment (write once, deploy to TON and EVM) - Formal verification (complete Claude AI audit)
Quick Example:
@selector
@capability("StorageWrite")
def increment():
require_capability("StorageWrite")
count = load_state("counter")
store_state("counter", count + 1)
return count + 1
Key Technical Points:
- Stack-based IR with clear semantics
- Deterministic entropy via seeded PRNG
- TON reference implementation, EVM compatible
- 100% test coverage, fully open source (MIT)The capability system is inspired by object-capability security, but adapted for blockchain state machines. Deterministic entropy uses hash-based PRNGs instead of block properties (no TIMESTAMP, NUMBER, etc.).
Try it: pip install astra-lang astra init my-contract
Would love feedback on: - The formal axiom approach - Multi-chain compilation strategy - Capability model design - Deterministic entropy implementation
Links: - Docs: https://astra-lang.org - GitHub: https://github.com/astra-lang/astra - Verification Report: https://astra-lang.org/verification
Happy to answer any questions!