Patrick Mockridge
Protocol engineer
DarkWow · Rholo · Azoth · Mudra
Aberystwyth, Wales
Profile and method
Process safety taught me that a plausible number is not a safe number — so every result here is either proved or carries its limits. I was a process safety engineer from 2006 to 2015, chartered in 2013, and have worked independently since 2016 on protocol software, formal verification, and numerical systems. The method is the same in both fields: specify the failure mode before the architecture; prove what can be proved; contain what cannot; record provenance with every result. Where proof stops is stated in the limits.
The projects are instances of that method. DarkWow is containment: private coordination on a public chain, with authority held as an object capability rather than a public administrator. Rholo is continuity: a dissolved network’s node ported to Rust, with its language laws machine-checked at the model level and conformance-tested at the node. Azoth is provenance: chemical-engineering calculations where every number carries its source and verification state, and unsupported answers are refused. Mudra is verification in a familiar form: a spreadsheet calculation proved correct without revealing the sheet.
Protocol engineer. Process safety engineer, 2006–2015; chartered 2013; independent protocol and verification work since 2016.
The method: specify the failure mode before the architecture; prove what can be proved; contain what cannot; record provenance with every result. DarkWow is containment; Rholo is continuity; Azoth is provenance; Mudra is verification in a familiar form.
Selected work
- DarkWowDesigned for private organisations on a public chain, without an administrator or a public voter rollRecord →
- RholoA Rust node for the ρ-calculus: native object capabilities and machine-checked lawsRecord →
- AzothA process calculation library where every number carries its provenanceRecord →
- MudraProve a committed calculation trace is unchanged without revealing the spreadsheetRecord →
Records: patrickmockridge.github.io/darkwow/ · /rholo/ · /azoth/ · /mudra/
Engagements: protocol review, rescue, and verification; a bounded triage with written findings, then a scoped remediation. Remote from Aberystwyth, Wales.
Chronology
| Period | Work |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Delivery: Rholo port (August–October), DarkWow redesign (April–October), Azoth, Mudra. |
| 2022–2026 | Independent research and writing: network analysis, evidence archiving, influence/secrecy simulation; RChain legacy work: Gorki/BigSur old-node fork, RGov/Rhobot recovery proposal with Jim Whitescarver (2024); UNISS/Ingenesist simulations (2026). |
| 2019–2022 | Created the Romeo–Juliet Framework; continued RChain work; independent research through COVID; property purchase and renovation; crypto investments. |
| 2016–2019 | Treehouse AI and Robotics software nanodegrees; early ERC-1155 context at Enjin (2016); named advisor, Enjin Coin ICO (2017); CoEngineers, early investor (2017–2019). |
| 2006–2015 | Chemical engineer, process safety; UK and North Africa. Chartered 2013. Bitcoin since 2011; London Ethereum community, 2014. |
| 2002–2006 | MEng Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh. |
Research and writing
Romeo–Juliet critical risk-analysis framework; UNISS/Ingenesist simulations; DarkFi stack analyses. Selected writing · Ingenesist archive.
Enquiries
Enquiries: patrickmockridge@gmail.com. A short note describing the system and the question is sufficient.