Single transaction execution.
Contracts are created and destroyed within the same atomic operation.
Due to EIP-6780, SELFDESTRUCT truly eliminates the contracts.
Nothing remains. True destruction.
Separate transaction execution.
Contracts persist despite SELFDESTRUCT being called.
The destruction is merely apparent, a performance.
Everything remains. Apparent destruction.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: WTFPL pragma solidity ^0.8.0; contract Domino { address public next; function place(address _next) public { next = _next; } function topple() public { if (next != address(0)) { Domino(payable(next)).topple(); } selfdestruct(payable(msg.sender)); } receive() external payable {} }
/*--------------------------------------------- | A chain of ideals, fleeting yet infinite. | | To topple them is to destroy, | | yet in destruction lies the rebirth. | ---------------------------------------------*/ // SPDX-License-Identifier: WTFPL pragma solidity ^0.8.0; import "./Domino.sol"; import "./01_SocialWelfare.sol"; import "./02_FoodSupply.sol"; import "./03_HealthcareService.sol"; import "./04_EducationalSupport.sol"; import "./05_GenderEquality.sol"; import "./06_WaterResourceManagement.sol"; import "./07_RenewableEnergy.sol"; import "./08_LaborStandards.sol"; import "./09_InfrastructureInvestment.sol"; import "./10_SocialInclusion.sol"; import "./11_UrbanPlanning.sol"; import "./12_CircularEconomy.sol"; import "./13_EmissionReduction.sol"; import "./14_MarineConservation.sol"; import "./15_ForestConservation.sol"; import "./16_Peacebuilding.sol"; import "./17_InternationalCooperation.sol"; contract DominoFactory { // You can topple the dominoes over and over again. function place() public returns (address) { Domino[17] memory dominos; dominos[0] = new SocialWelfare(); dominos[1] = new FoodSupply(); dominos[2] = new HealthcareService(); dominos[3] = new EducationalSupport(); dominos[4] = new GenderEquality(); dominos[5] = new WaterResourceManagement(); dominos[6] = new RenewableEnergy(); dominos[7] = new LaborStandards(); dominos[8] = new InfrastructureInvestment(); dominos[9] = new SocialInclusion(); dominos[10] = new UrbanPlanning(); dominos[11] = new CircularEconomy(); dominos[12] = new EmissionReduction(); dominos[13] = new MarineConservation(); dominos[14] = new ForestConservation(); dominos[15] = new Peacebuilding(); dominos[16] = new InternationalCooperation(); for (uint256 i = 0; i < dominos.length - 1; i++) { dominos[i].place(address(dominos[i + 1])); } return address(dominos[0]); } // Destroy everything. Ref. EIP-6780. function placeAndTopple() public { address domino01 = place(); Domino(payable(domino01)).topple(); } }
As they appear on Etherscan—comments that exist, but not where you think.
In the blockchain's "immutable" ledger, we inscribe our promises and watch them fall.
Each smart contract represents an ideal—a commitment humanity makes to itself. Through SELFDESTRUCT, we confront the paradox of permanence and transience.
This is not merely code. It is a meditation on trust, a performance of fragility, an endless cycle of creation and destruction that mirrors our own aspirations.