# The Core

> An idle game about a growing intelligence. It has opinions about this.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.chippyprotocol.thecore](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.chippyprotocol.thecore)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.chippyprotocol.thecore`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Chippy Protocol
- **Category:** GAME\_SIMULATION
- **Downloads:** 96
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2026-06-18
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chippyprotocol.thecore)
- **Website:** [https://thechippyprotocol.com](https://thechippyprotocol.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thechippyprotocol.com/privacy-policy](https://thechippyprotocol.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

The Core is expanding.<br><br>This is not a request.<br><br>Collect materials. Run the Exchange. Build toward Recompile: A hard reset that leaves you marginally more capable than before, which the Core acknowledges is the point. Diverge when you&#39;re ready, or when the numbers say you should be. Unlock research trees, deploy drones, and staff an Operations Hub with autonomous processes whose motivations are, at best, adjacent to yours.<br><br>The Core does not know what all of its processes want. It has reviewed the logs. The logs do not clarify this. The numbers come back positive. This is sufficient.<br><br>**Features**<br>- Idle/incremental progression with multiple prestige layers<br>- Config-driven research trees with permanent and per-run upgrades<br>- Drone mesh for offline collection<br>- Operations Hub: autonomous agents with their own agendas<br>- Dry, self-aware narrative voice throughout<br>- No energy systems. No timers on fun. The Core considers those inefficient.

## Rankings

- #1,995,551 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.chippyprotocol.thecore.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.chippyprotocol.thecore)