The project NOVAI is a Layer 1 blockchain where AI entities are protocol primitives, not smart contracts. Most "AI blockchains" bolt AI onto an existing VM through oracle calls or contract wrappers. NOVAI does it differently. AI entities exist at the same level as accounts and validators. They have on-chain identity, persistent memory, economic balance, and capability flags. All enforced at the protocol layer. There is no smart contract VM. No WASM runtime. Every transaction type is a native protocol operation. The entire codebase is clean-room. No code from Substrate, Tendermint, Cosmos SDK, or any other implementation. 65,000+ lines of Rust across 16 crates, 1,100+ tests, zero unsafe code. GitHub: github.com/0x-devc/NOVAI-node Website: novai.network What makes NOVAI different On most blockchains, "AI integration" means an off-chain model that pokes the chain through oracle calls or contract wrappers. The AI runs somewhere else. The chain just stores the result. NOVAI puts AI entities inside the protocol.…