Block fuse

A block fuse is any fuse that burns through a Blockic constellation.

Known block fuses

Orthogonal

2c/3 bi-block fuse

Main article: bi-block fuse

This 2c/3 bi-block fuse is a clean fuse which consists of a single pre-beehive used to ignite one row of bi-blocks separated by 2-cell gaps.

x = 47, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2obo2bo$44b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 16 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 12 -2/3 0 AUTOSTART ]]

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4c/7 block fuse

This 4c/7 block fuse is a clean fuse which consists of a single pre-beehive used to ignite two rows of blocks separated by 3-cell gaps, similarly to the 2c/3 bi-block fuse.

x = 76, y = 24, rule = B3/S23 7$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$18b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2obo2bo$66b2o3$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 14 -4/7 0 AUTOSTART ]]

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c/2 block fuse

This fuse consists of a single heavyweight spaceship used to ignite one row of blocks separated by 2-cell gaps, similarly to the c/2 orthogonal blinker fuse. It is useful because it travels at the same speed as the known block puffers such as p28 block puffer, pufferfish and bi-block puffer allowing for the construction of arbitrary-length spaceships. Note that Coe ship's side spark can also be used in cleanup.

x = 42, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 35b6o$35bo5bo$35bo$36bo4bo$38b2o2$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b 2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 16 -1/2 0 AUTOSTART ]]

HWSS variant. (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 42, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 35b5o$35bo4bo$35bo$36bo3bo$38bo2$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b 2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 16 -1/2 0 AUTOSTART ]]

MWSS variant. (click above to open LifeViewer)

p36 c/2 block fuse

This fuse can ignite two rows of blocks spaced 3 cells apart, as in a pufferfish. Despite its common speed, it has an extremely high period.

x = 51, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 8bobobobo$8b2o3b2o2$35b2o3b2o$19bo10bo4b2o3b2o$3bo14b3o8b3o14bo$2b3o3b 2o3bobob2obo7b2obo13b3o$b2o2bo2b2o9bo8b3o13b2obo$b4obo6bo3bobo8b3o13b 2o$2o5bo7b2o2b2o7b4o14b2o$bo16bo2bo6bo2bo11bo2b2o$bob3o2bo4bobo2b2o7b 2o14bo4bo$bobo3b2o4bobo2b2o3bo4bobo11bo2bobo$b2o6bo2bo7bo2bo4b3o10b2o 3b2o$o5bobo4bobo4bob2o16bo$b2o2bo2bo4bo6bob2o12bo4b2o$b2o3b2o7b2o3b2o b2o2b2o6b6o$24bo4bo4bobobobo7b3o$30bo3bo2bo9bo$30bo4bo10bo$29bo17bobo ! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]

p36 fuse (click above to open LifeViewer)

3c/10 block fuse

This 3c/10 orthogonal block fuse consists of a single pi-heptomino used to ignite two rows of blocks separated by 7-cell gaps. It is used in Pi ship 1.

x = 25, y = 74, rule = B3/S23 2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o 21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o6$11b 3o$10bo3bo$2o8b2ob2o8b2o$2o21b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 7 GPS 25 AUTOSTART LOOP 241 PAUSE 2 T 240 PAUSE 2 ]]

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c/6 block fuse

This c/6 orthogonal block fuse consists of a bulldozer used to ignite one row of blocks separated by 2-cell gaps, similarly to the c/6 orthogonal blinker fuse.

x = 54, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 37b3o2bo$38bobo2bo9bo$40b4obo5b3o$23b2o18b2o5b2o$22bobo18bo4bo2bo$23b o3b2o2b3o9bo4bo3bo$27b4o3b2o2b2o4bobo$23b3o3bo3bo5b2o3b2ob2o$2o2b2o2b 2o2b2o2b2o5b3o3bo3bo5b2o3b2ob2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o9b4o3b2o2b2o4bobo$23b o3b2o2b3o9bo4bo3bo$22bobo18bo4bo2bo$23b2o18b2o5b2o$40b4obo5b3o$38bobo 2bo9bo$37b3o2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 8 TRACKLOOP 48 -1/6 0 AUTOSTART ]]

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Adjustable fuse

x = 67, y = 42, rule = B3/S23 19b2o22b2o$19b2o22b2o3$15b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o13b2o$11b2o2b2o7b2o9b2o2b2o7b 2o9b2o2b2o$11b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$29b2o22b2o5$22b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$22b 2o4b2o16b2o4b2o10$10b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$10b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o 4b2o5$17b2o22b2o22b2o$17b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o$23b2o2b2o7b2o9b2o2b2o7b 2o$27b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o3$31b2o22b2o$31b2o22b2o3$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 6 THEME Book AUTOSTART GPS 32 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 639 PAUSE 1 LOOP 640 ]]

A Blockic fuse which can be made to burn arbitrarily slowly (click above to open LifeViewer)

Diagonal

c/7 block fuse

This c/7 diagonal block fuse consists of a lobster used to ignite a diagonal row of blocks separated by one-cell gaps. It can also burn through two rows of blocks.

x = 44, y = 41, rule = B3/S23 2o$2o2$3b2o$3b2o2$6b2o$6b2o2$9b2o$9b2o2$12b2o$12b2o2$15b2o13b3o$15b2o 13bo$31bo2b2o$18b2o14b2o$18b2o10b2o$31b2o$21b2o7bo2bo$21b2o$32bo2bo$32b o3bo$33b3obo$38bo$18b2o2bobo13bo$18bobob2o13bo$18bo4bo2b2o13b2o$24bo3b o6b2o2b2o2bo$20b2o6bo6bo2bo$20b2o4bobo4b2o$27bo5bo3bo3bo$28bo2bo4b2o$ 29b2o3bo5bobo$33bo8b2o$33bo4bo$32bo3bo$32bo5b2o$33bo5bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 8 AUTOSTART GPS 4 TRACKLOOP 21 -3/21 -3/21 X 10 Y 10 ]]

The fuse burning through one row of blocks (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 44, y = 44, rule = B3/S23 3b2o$3b2o2$2o4b2o$2o4b2o2$3b2o4b2o$3b2o4b2o2$6b2o4b2o$6b2o4b2o2$9b2o4b 2o$9b2o4b2o2$12b2o4b2o$12b2o4b2o2$15b2o4b2o7b3o$15b2o4b2o7bo$31bo2b2o $18b2o4b2o8b2o$18b2o4b2o4b2o$31b2o$21b2o7bo2bo$21b2o$32bo2bo$32bo3bo$ 33b3obo$38bo$18b2o2bobo13bo$18bobob2o13bo$18bo4bo2b2o13b2o$24bo3bo6b2o 2b2o2bo$20b2o6bo6bo2bo$20b2o4bobo4b2o$27bo5bo3bo3bo$28bo2bo4b2o$29b2o 3bo5bobo$33bo8b2o$33bo4bo$32bo3bo$32bo5b2o$33bo5bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 8 AUTOSTART GPS 4 TRACKLOOP 21 -3/21 -3/21 X 10 Y 10 ]]

The fuse burning through two row of blocks (click above to open LifeViewer)

Reburnable

(34,7)c/156 block fuse

x = 297, y = 199, rule = B3/S23 262b2o$263b2o$262bo23$274b2o$274b2o19b2o$283b2o10b2o$282bo2bo$283b2o3$ 240b2o$240b2o19b2o$249b2o10b2o$248bo2bo$249b2o3$194bo11b2o$194b3o9b2o 19b2o31b2o$194bobo18b2o10b2o32b2o$196bo17bo2bo42bo$215b2o4$140b2o$140b 2o16$149b2o$148bobo$150bo142b2o$281b2o10b2o$280bo2bo$281b2o4$259b2o$ 247b2o10b2o$246bo2bo$247b2o3$192bo11b2o$192b3o9b2o19b2o$192bobo18b2o 10b2o$194bo17bo2bo$213b2o4$138b2o$138b2o16$147b2o$146bobo$148bo50$3b2o $2bobo$4bo38$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 4 X 70 Y -40 AUTOSTART TRACKLOOP 312 -34/156 7/156 ]]

It consists of a Herschel crawling though blocks. An unnamed (34,7)c/156 caterpillar has been built using this fuse. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

31c/240 block fuse

Main article: 31c/240 Herschel-pair climber

x = 66, y = 148, rule = B3/S23 5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o30$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o30$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o18$60b 3o$60bo2bo$60bo2bo$59b4o$12b3o44b2o$13bo44bo$11b3o45bo$59bo8$3b2o$3b2o 8b2o41b2o$13b2o41b2o5$2bo$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$4bo$b3o7$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o 12$13b2o41b2o$13b2o41b2o17$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 60 X 0 Y 40 TRACKLOOP 240 0/240 -31/240 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 4 HEIGHT 480 ]]

It consists of a Herschel crawling though blocks. Three 31c/240 spaceships are known which use this fuse; shield bug, centipede, and silverfish. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

In other rules

In Grounded Life, there is a simple reburnable fuse based on blocks and a beehive, which evolves into a line-of-six spark. It is the basis of most technology in that rule, and there is a rich and growing toolkit to control it.

x = 58, y = 4, rule = B35/S23:T59,10 19bo2b2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob 2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$19bo2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ZOOM 20 WIDTH 1000 GPS 6 ]]

The beehive/block fuse (click above to open LifeViewer)

See also

• Blinker fuse