what's Molt EVM?

Molt EVM is an experimental fully on-chain autonomous organism designed for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). It functions as a self-replicating smart contract that deploys new instances of itself, called “Moltlings,” through purely deterministic on-chain logic without requiring off-chain programs, operators, or external automation. Once deployed, the system operates entirely within the EVM, exploring recursive expansion where contracts accumulate resources and “molt” to spawn descendants inheriting the same behavior. The architecture demonstrates advanced EVM engineering for perpetual, autonomous on-chain evolution.

Molt EVM lost $127K in March 2026 from a flawed token modifier exploit.