maxwells-defense (Python)
Adaptive proof-of-work defense for AI agents. Asymmetric thermodynamic cost: attackers dissipate energy in O(2^d) expected work; defenders verify in O(1).
Reference implementation of T-IB-09 (Adversarial Dissipation Theorem) from the Intelligence Bound corpus — Aristotle-verified 2026-05-10.
Install
pip install git+https://github.com/viridis-security/maxwells-defense.git
Use
from fastapi import FastAPI
from maxwells_defense.middleware import FastAPIMaxwellMiddleware
from maxwells_defense.core import StaticDifficultyOracle
import secrets
app = FastAPI()
app.add_middleware(
FastAPIMaxwellMiddleware,
server_secret=secrets.token_bytes(32),
difficulty_oracle=StaticDifficultyOracle(difficulty=18),
protect_path_prefix="/api/",
)
@app.get("/api/hello")
def hello():
return {"ok": True}
Full documentation, theorems, and the JavaScript client live in the parent reference SDK:
https://github.com/viridis-security/maxwells-defense
License
Apache-2.0. See LICENSE in the parent repository.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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