P0 is the Cosmic Chip of the Universe

We propose a Time-First ontology in which particles are not fundamental and spacetime is not a primitive stage. The universe is not made of particles. It is _run_ by a Chip. That Chip is *P0 — the Present Moment Singularity at dT = 0*. We define *N0* as the pre-spatiotemporal substrate: the Silence, the Nothingness Canvas, the potential ocean at dT = 0. Within N0 exist virtual quanta of potential which we call *nothons, N₀*. Nothons have zero mass, zero charge, zero spin, yet infinite potential. They do not require time or space to exist. Time and space require them.