# Research notes

## Sources and access
Eleven sources (S01-S11) inspected 2026-09-20T00:21Z to 12:55Z. The registry description supplies the Turing-test framing and the Rajasthan/Egypt/New York/moon imagery. The artist's project page (S07) supplies the Curated Series 8 selection, the 27 July 2022 release date, the eight compositional styles (EX-03) and the print-ordering service. The Jeff Davis interview (S08, 22 Jul 2022) supplies the biography (mother Vinita Karim, Flash/DeviantArt, tech career). The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 deed (S11) was already on file in research4/web from an earlier package and re-read for the rights summary.

## Full script inspection
Script from projects_metadata.script via exact-slug query; 48,525 bytes; SHA-256 d719089d4484daf5857db56f8ded93c3bcc73a9879bd18fe1aa46192e2f56241 (recomputed locally, matches). Read in full (minified, symbol map). Coverage: p5 instance mode; dual sfc32 PRNGs from hash halves with a 1,000,000-pair warmup and per-call alternation; noiseSeed from the deterministic stream; 2700x1800 surface with 50px margins; weighted pen-width and paper-tone picks; dark_mode and black_back flags; noLoop; keyPressed on keyCode 80 (P) saving 'AlanKiAankhen####' PNG. Registry script_count is 5 (EX-04). Script bytes retained only for hashing.

## Token identity and visual observation
All 500 token records pulled (query in research4/fetch_tokens.py). Five static previews downloaded and viewed (V01-V05), spanning dense city, sparse poles, pyramid composition, dark-mode night and full skyline. Live renderer for 333000266 executed in headless Chrome (V06): hash matched chain exactly; static confirmed; P key exercised; zero audio elements; clean exit. Dark-mode prevalence not measured (EX-05).

## Header ownership and media
AB5D linked wallets refreshed 2026-09-20T00:22:10Z via user_profiles GraphQL query (three addresses, recorded in S05). Owner scan of all 500 tokens found exactly one edition held: number 266, owned by 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, minted 2022-07-27T17:23:53Z. Edition 266 selected as header as the sole AB5D holding. Media URL in presentation.json.

## Mint chronology and calculations
First mint 2022-07-06T20:40:09Z (edition 0, three weeks pre-sale). Activation 2022-07-22T04:13:09Z. Registry start_datetime 2022-07-27T17:00:00Z (artist site: released 27 July 2022). Edition 1 at 17:18:37Z; edition 10 at 17:21:21Z; edition 20 at 17:22:09Z; edition 266 at 17:23:53Z; edition 499 at 17:24:10Z; about 24 minutes total. Project reported complete=true, locked=true, paused=false, active=true. Registry price 0 ETH (post-sellout); original launch price unverified (EX-01).

## Rights and conflicts
Artwork label 'CC BY-NC-ND 4.0' (registry, with link_to_license); category creative-commons; deed terms summarized from the fetched deed (Share only; Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivatives; no additional restrictions). Code licence: none found in script; recorded as unknown. Sole runtime dependency p5.js 1.0.0; zero external assets. Raw curation_status 'factory' vs display 'curated'/heritage 'curated series 8' recorded as EX-02. The artist site's print-ordering service noted as separate from the artwork licence. No other conflicts found.

## Unresolved questions and exceptions
EX-01 original mint price unverified (pending). EX-02 curation raw/display discrepancy (pending). EX-03 style labels uncorroborated on-chain (pending). EX-04 script_count 5 unexplained (pending). EX-05 dark-mode prevalence unmeasured (pending).

## Actual model, tools, elapsed time and measured usage
Model: Kimi (Moonshot AI), version not exposed. Tools: curl, Python 3, headless Chrome via puppeteer-core, Art Blocks GraphQL, web search/fetch. Elapsed for this package: roughly 20 minutes within the batch session. Token telemetry unavailable; usage.json fields null except timestamps.

## Checks report

| Check | Report |
| --- | --- |
| Identity and package | Slug alan-ki-aankhen-by-fahad-karim; chain 1; contract and project ID match the supplied roster and fresh registry record; all seven files present. |
| Structure and citations | 1609 words; seven sections in order; essay.md byte-identical to record.json sections via the supplied reading format; source IDs unique; citations resolve both ways (validator PASS plus builder pre-check). |
| Source research | See 'Sources and access' above: every cited source inspected with specific locators; uninspected leads (login-walled) kept here in notes, not in the ledger. |
| Code | Full assembled script retrieved via exact-slug GraphQL query; read in full; SHA-256 recomputed locally and matching evidence.json and record.json; execution disclosed separately (live renderer run). |
| Visual evidence | See 'Token identity and visual observation': distinct token/observation identities V01+ with two sustained close readings in the essay; observer is this agent; motion/controls/audio status stated per work. |
| Header | Fresh AB5D wallet set via user_profiles GraphQL query (three addresses, this session); header token owner matched against the set; media and rights/display basis in presentation.json. |
| History and rights | Chronology and duration calculations in 'Mint chronology and calculations'; current vs historical values distinguished; artwork/code/dependency rights separate; unresolved findings listed. |
| Provenance and usage | Actual model credit (Kimi, Moonshot AI; version not exposed); token telemetry null with explanation; startedAt/cutoff timezone-aware ISO 8601, cutoff at or after start. |
| Validator | Command `python3 scripts/validate_series_essays.py submission/alan-ki-aankhen-by-fahad-karim` run from the extracted pack root at 2026-09-20T03:09:28Z; validator file scripts/validate_series_essays.py SHA-256 f7b561578fa3ece1680ef69a2b8b484c660ca3d0b17275df10c6ff2026f09fdc; exit status 0; unedited output below. |
| Submission state | complete-draft (validator PASS; manual research checks reported above; pending editorial exceptions listed in record.json). |

Validator unedited output:

```json
{
  "status": "PASS",
  "scope": "Structural package validation only. Does not grant editorial acceptance or confirm publication.",
  "essays": [
    {
      "title": "Alan Ki Aankhen",
      "slug": "alan-ki-aankhen-by-fahad-karim",
      "words": 1609,
      "sources": 11,
      "examples": 5,
      "pendingEditorialExceptions": 5
    }
  ],
  "totalWords": 1609,
  "errors": []
}
```