# Global Consciousness Project — Self-Hosted

A live network-variance tracker inspired by the [Global Consciousness Project](https://global-mind.org).
Distributed "egg" containers contribute random numbers; the server runs statistical analysis and displays a colored dot.

## Architecture

```
Egg containers (anyone can run)
        │  POST /api/data  (one 200-bit trial per second)
        ▼
    Server (FastAPI + SQLite)
        │  runs Stouffer Z network variance analysis every 60 s
        ▼
    Website  →  animated dot  +  history chart  +  embeddable iframe
```

## Quick start — run the server

```bash
git clone <this-repo>
cd gcp
docker compose up -d
```

The site is now at **http://localhost:8000**.

To expose it publicly, put it behind a reverse proxy (nginx, Caddy) or deploy to any VPS / cloud service.

## Contribute an egg

Anyone can run an egg — one Docker command:

```bash
docker run -d --restart unless-stopped \
  -e SERVER_URL=https://your-domain.com \
  -v gcp_egg_data:/data \
  git.hexadual.io/rocobo/gcp-dot-egg:latest
```

The egg:
- Reads 200-bit trials from the OS hardware-entropy pool (`os.urandom`) once per second
- Sends the trial count (0–200) to the server
- Persists its ID across restarts via `/data/egg_id`

## Images (built automatically by Gitea Actions)

Every push to `main` builds and publishes both images to the Gitea container registry:

| Image | Pull command |
|-------|-------------|
| Server | `docker pull git.hexadual.io/rocobo/gcp-dot-server:latest` |
| Egg    | `docker pull git.hexadual.io/rocobo/gcp-dot-egg:latest` |

## How the analysis works

Every 60 seconds the server analyses the past hour of data:

1. **Normalise** each trial to a Z-score: `z = (trial − 100) / √50`
   (expected mean = 100, variance = 50 for Binomial(200, 0.5))

2. **Stouffer Z** per second across all active eggs: `S_t = Σzᵢₜ / √N`

3. **Network variance**: `V = Σ S_t²`  — follows χ²(T) under H₀

4. **Index** = lower-tail CDF × 100:
   - **High index (> 95)** → small variance → eggs are more coherent than chance → **blue**
   - **Low index (< 5)** → large variance → eggs are noisier than chance → **red**
   - **Middle (40–90)** → normal random behavior → **green**

### Color table

| Color  | Index     | Meaning |
|--------|-----------|---------|
| Blue   | > 95%     | Significantly small variance — deep coherence |
| Cyan   | 90–95%    | Small variance — probable coherence |
| Green  | 40–90%    | Normal random behavior |
| Yellow | 10–40%    | Slightly elevated variance |
| Orange | 5–10%     | Strongly elevated variance |
| Red    | < 5%      | Significantly large variance |

## Embed the dot

```html
<iframe src="https://your-domain.com/gcp.html"
        height="48" width="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>
```

## API

| Endpoint | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `POST /api/data` | Submit a trial `{egg_id, timestamp, trial}` |
| `GET /api/status` | Latest analysis result |
| `GET /api/history?limit=60` | Last N analysis records |
| `GET /api/eggs` | Eggs active in the last 2 minutes |

## Environment variables

### Server
| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `DB_PATH` | `/data/gcp.db` | SQLite database path |

### Egg
| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `SERVER_URL` | `http://localhost:8000` | Server to send data to |
| `EGG_ID` | auto-generated | Override the egg's identifier |