Expandable XOR gate

[Azor_Ahai]

I believe can do this with hex in a fraction of the space with up to 15 inputs... it just wouldn't be syncronized

edit: my example:


unary counter with a thing that turns off after 1

Tried it, works, but is will be EXTREMELY slow, unless you make it diagonal. Which I wont do since I'm not good with comparators at all.

How is ORE? it's been a while since I've been on, and since then I've realized something dastardly. Many people use some variant of the 5 torch XOR, when all you really need is 3 torches. All you do is take the torches off of the inputs. Think of it like this: If you invert one input of an XOR, it is the equivalent of inverting the output. Thus, if you invert both inputs, the output is double-inverted, reverting it back into an XOR. Now look at the inputs. They have double inversions themselves, which can then be replaced with a wire, taking off 2 torches and 1 tick.
This does NOT work for the standard 4-input XOR, however. that cannot be simplified further.

Tried it, didn't work. If you have both inputs on, the output will stay on, which is not supposed to happen. Its because both of those torches are necessary for the AND