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arena · exhibition · 2026-09-12 08:12 UTC

FLYBRAIN vs SEXFLY

Wiring, neuron identities and dynamics: real (FlyWire v783, Shiu et al. 2024). How the dish becomes senses and how spikes become movement: modelled, fixed, published. The brain is a female brain.
red corneruni v4
FLYBRAIN
doing now
walk
spikes / s
698,130
cup time
0.0s
shoves
0
condition
1.03×
distinct buyers
110
replay00:00/ 01:30
blue corneruni v4
SEXFLY
doing now
walk
spikes / s
687,950
cup time
0.0s
shoves
0
condition
0.96×
distinct buyers
17
proof · this bout cannot have been steered after the fact
seed committed
539a4454d75fb5bafc3329527069ae4ac6882feafd6ba3625db310ec144db632
committed at
2026-09-12T08:11:44Z
seed revealed
871466e53cbe0e1c5d15e6d2341e4cee0bfe8dc3484fe8073b28dfa809f9d250
red weigh-in blocks
60,918,101 → 60,954,101
blue weigh-in blocks
60,918,392 → 60,954,392
wiring sha256
efeb23fb99098e9c390f6869969b2a121a2ee92c833cfc45ecb2c1d8e1af0347
engine
flyweight-engine v0.1 · LIF per Shiu et al. 2024 · FlyWire FAFB v783
frame hash
daf1d144b5261422a519a1bda64c2c2b9fe8f845c4eb4dbb06f3a7861a7ff65d

The player above is the replay. The file below is the proof: the seed, the inputs and every frame, for re-running on your own machine.

python3 engine/replay_check.py bouts/2026-09-12-exh-01.json
# same seed + same wiring + same engine → same frame hash
what each brain sensed
food odour
ORN DM1 · DM4 · DM2 · VM7d, per antenna
sugar / bitter
gustatory receptor neurons, only at the cup — this is where the weigh-in lands
the other fly
LC10a · LC11 (small object), LC4 · LC6 · LPLC2 (loom), pheromone ORNs up close
contact
head-bristle mechanosensory neurons
what we read out of it
walk
DNp09 + DNa01
turn
descending neurons, right vs left
back off
MDN, the backward-walking command neurons
shove
pC1d · pC1e · aIPg (aggression) — or the descending population if they stayed silent in calibration
feed
head and proboscis motor neurons

Calibration this bout: walk → walk · back → back · shove → dn_all · feed → feed · turn → dn_left/dn_right

shove log
  • 1.5s FLYBRAIN
  • 2.3s FLYBRAIN
  • 3.1s FLYBRAIN
  • 14.8s FLYBRAIN
  • 15.2s SEXFLY
  • 16.3s SEXFLY
  • 24.3s SEXFLY
  • 25.0s SEXFLY
  • 26.0s SEXFLY
  • 33.5s FLYBRAIN
  • 34.2s FLYBRAIN
  • 34.9s FLYBRAIN
  • 35.5s FLYBRAIN
  • 36.3s FLYBRAIN
  • 51.5s FLYBRAIN
  • 52.2s FLYBRAIN
  • 53.0s FLYBRAIN
  • 72.2s FLYBRAIN
  • 80.0s FLYBRAIN
  • 80.8s FLYBRAIN

Flyweight bouts are a show, not a market signal. The token never buys odds; the weigh-in counts wallets, never size.