What is the Origin Address?
ORIGIN_ADDR is a constant in the HEX contract (HEX.sol:632-633):
0x9A6a414D6F3497c05E3b1De90520765fA1E07c03
It is an ordinary address with no contract code (an EOA). Because it is a constant, it cannot be changed. The same address exists on PulseChain, where the copied HEX contract applies the same rules to PulseChain HEX — see HEX vs. HEX(eth).
It is a different address from FLUSH_ADDR 0xDEC9f2793e3c17cd26eeFb21C4762fA5128E0399, which received the ETH from the launch lobbies (:635-636).
What does the Origin Address receive?
| # | What | When | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A copy of every claim bonus — referral, referrer and speed bonus | claim phase, 2019–2020 | :2500, :2529 |
| 2 | A copy of every lobby referral bonus | minted when a participant collects with xfLobbyExit — no deadline |
:2775, :2783-2785 |
| 3 | A daily slice of unclaimed Bitcoin plus the adoption bonus | claim phase, 2019–2020 | :1243-1248, minted :1297-1299 |
| 4 | 50 % of every stake penalty | forever | :1800-1805 |
Rules 1 and 3 stopped when the claim phase ended in November 2020. Rule 2 can still fire today when a 2019–2020 lobby participant collects late, because xfLobbyExit has no deadline (:2723-2726). Rule 4 applies permanently. Each amount is minted automatically inside a public function — nobody has to “approve” it.
What can the Origin Address not do?
Inside the contract it has no special role at all (HEX.sol, full-text search):
- It cannot mint HEX on demand — no function takes it as a caller with extra rights.
- It cannot change inflation, stake limits or penalties — they are constants (
:632-748) and a literal number in the payout formula (:1241). - It cannot freeze, blacklist or move anyone else’s HEX — the contract has no such functions.
- It cannot end other people’s stakes or redirect their payouts.
What the holder of the key does with the HEX it received is an ordinary on-chain matter: its transactions are public on the explorer, like those of any address.
Is the Origin Address a hidden pre-mine?
Not hidden: the address and every rule that feeds it have been in the verified source since launch; the Origin share is an allocation written into public code (:1298, :1804, :2529, :2784 are the only four places that mint to it). The code does not say who holds the key. Whether one likes its size is a matter of opinion; its existence and mechanics are documented. The recurring claim is answered in detail in Myths: the Origin Address.