# Research notes

## Sources and access
Eleven sources (S01-S11) inspected 2026-09-20T00:21Z to 15:26Z. The registry description (S01) supplies the critical frame. The Jeff Davis interview (S08, Aug 5, 2022) was fetched live from info.artblocks.io and supplies the conception quotes. The artist's project site (S07) supplies the sourcing method and off-chain manifestations. The dossier (S06) supplies biography and the Curated framing. The CC BY-NC-ND deed (S11) was re-read from the batch cache.

## Full script inspection
Script from projects_metadata.script via exact-slug query; 39,032 bytes; SHA-256 52b169d166cf2e527e4c3ce837389f341fe7e880eb0401d47dab22f451247271 (recomputed locally, matches). Read in full (legible, feature-named). Coverage: dual sfc32 PRNGs from hash halves with 1,000,000-pair warmup and per-call alternation; named palettes including checkersPalette; layout switch with noLoop branches; affirmations word bank; Orb class with unseeded Math.random drift velocities (EX-03); no event listeners, no audio code. Registry script_count 5 unresolved (EX-02). Script bytes retained only for hashing.

## Token identity and visual observation
All 700 token records pulled (query in research4/fetch_tokens.py). Five static previews downloaded and viewed (V01-V05), spanning anti-affirmation gradient, wall-of-text, and two waving-column modes plus the checkerboard header. Live renderer for 337000658 executed in headless Chrome (V06): hash matched chain exactly; frames identical across 5s; clean exit.

## 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 700 tokens found exactly one edition held: number 658, owned by 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, minted 2022-08-10T17:46:34Z. Edition 658 selected as header as the sole AB5D holding. Media URL in presentation.json.

## Mint chronology and calculations
First mint 2022-07-28T19:58:42Z (edition 0, thirteen days pre-sale). Activation 2022-08-03T00:33:10Z. Registry start_datetime 2022-08-10T17:00:00Z (= collection page release line = artist site time). Edition 1 at 17:15:24Z; edition 10 at 17:32:51Z; edition 20 at 17:40:36Z; edition 658 at 17:46:34Z; final edition 699 at 17:46:40Z; about 46m40s total. 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 cached deed (Share; Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivatives; no additional restrictions); ND tension with the work's remix method noted. Code licence: none found in script; recorded as unknown. Sole runtime dependency p5.js 1.0.0; zero external assets. Source-phrase provenance undocumented (EX-04). No conflicts found.

## Unresolved questions and exceptions
EX-01 original mint price unverified (pending). EX-02 script_count 5 semantics (pending). EX-03 unseeded Orb drift unmapped (pending). EX-04 source-phrase provenance undocumented (pending). EX-05 off-chain manifestations unverified (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 18 minutes within the batch session. Token telemetry unavailable; usage.json fields null except timestamps.

## Checks report

| Check | Report |
| --- | --- |
| Identity and package | Slug fake-it-till-you-make-it-by-maya-man; chain 1; contract and project ID match the supplied roster and fresh registry record; all seven files present. |
| Structure and citations | 1627 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/fake-it-till-you-make-it-by-maya-man` run from the extracted pack root at 2026-09-20T05:35:01Z; 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": "FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT",
      "slug": "fake-it-till-you-make-it-by-maya-man",
      "words": 1627,
      "sources": 11,
      "examples": 5,
      "pendingEditorialExceptions": 5
    }
  ],
  "totalWords": 1627,
  "errors": []
}
```