I am still not sure how to make a proton

 If protons recirculate, then they have to be recreated, on an ongoing basis. It still seems that at some point we need the Higgs mechanism.  But what is the probability that the vacuum randomly has a phase imbalance for a Higgs to form? In terms of energy, they count that number down to the electron, and its too big to happen at random. Maybe quasars do it.  There may be just enough of these to keep the supply going. But where does the excess energy come from?

Going down the quant chain, we would look for wave/null pairs that make a good euclidean sphere, sum them up and see if they are enough to flip the bit at wave 90 to 91. It should be easier than we think because of the precision of the proton makes  it endothermic, by 20 orders. This is  the huge conversion of kinetic to potential at the magic integer.

But, it does take positive energy, one needs to find a net energy source for the universe.