# Space Birds research notes

Original research and prose: OpenAI gpt-6-astra. Exact specification, COMMON, canonical methodology and NEXT-ROUND applied. Only isolated holding files written; no shared publication changes.

## Source research
The complete October 8 artist development article supplies contemporaneous conception evidence. Its shape/contour-to-animation account is distinguished from directly read code. Primary December 19 platform charity report was read with its methodology and open-project qualification; $6,400 is reported, not audited. Official project body preserves auction/controls/pledge. Current metadata is not original configuration. Gallery biography used briefly; p5 current reference establishes contour terminology, not archived documentation. Sixteen cited records, fifteen distinct URLs (metadata/script share endpoint). The p5 tagged package/license were personally inspected earlier in this same conversation and are honestly reused. No source padding or dossier evidence substitution.

## Complete program inspection
All 16,801 UTF-8 bytes read, including palette tables, weighted selection, shared initial parameters, frame and sine counters, grid dispatch, every polygon/contour, gradient, satellite and ring branch, frame border and event handler. Code digest checked against actual retained bytes, not only copied strings. Raw source stays outside package in ignored cache. The code supplies coordinates and timing; visual claims come from originals. Hosted execution inspected; no local reconstruction and no independent direct chain/block pin. Artist code contains some unusual/malformed-looking color and Bézier expressions; no claim all palette paths or all satellites were exhaustively tested. The five actual renderers worked. No independent per-cell randomness: repeated clusters share parameters. All times are frame-based; no measured FPS or mathematical loop-period claim.

## Originals, controls and sampling
Verified editions0/1/10/20 plus current holding33. Five canonical pages returnedHTTP200 and correct titles. Five separate original generator tabs inspected twice; first screenshots bounded00:18:07–00:18:32UTC, second00:18:34–00:18:51UTC onSeptember18,2026. Conservative paired elapsed2–44seconds; exact individual timing not recorded. All changed, tabs not synchronized. Metadata trait labels are explicitly verified and separate from observed colors/states. Two sustained readings:0and33.

On33 pointer hold produced two visibly identical frames; release restored visible motion. Test occurred within00:18:34–00:19:12UTC, exact hold duration not logged. Key s produced SpaceBirds.png in Downloads,522607bytes,mtime00:19:08.877928UTC. No exported asset is supplied. No audio auditioned or claimed heard; code has no audio API. No resizehandler; no resize test. Header original autoplay observed; publication embed remains untested.

## Holdings and historical limitations
Complete linked_accounts set freshly read from official AB5D profile; all three returned addresses recorded. Held33 and candidate31 owner match. Exact retrieval query/variables/filters, response fields and times retained. Seven auction reductions at five minutes give35minutes to statedfloor, conditional on unchanged schedule. First/second mint precede activation and publicstart. Original maximum, reduction events, early allocations and actualpaidtiers remain unknown. Final indexed token47 timestamp matches completion. No continuous public-sale duration inferred. Charity report is qualified, not presented as final accounting.

## Rights and provenance
Exact artwork label CC BY-NC4.0 with nullindexURL; named legal code sections1–8 inspected, relevant noncommercial/attribution/restrictions summarized. No conflicting artwork term found. Separate artist source-code grant unknown; p5LGPL2.1 distinct. This does not impose a new permission gate. Original essayCC0 excludes art/code. Actual model gpt-6-astra; usage null for coordinator measurement. No invented start time or per-essay count.

## Per-essay checks report
- Identity/package: chain1, contract0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, project177, slugspace-birds-by-mark-cotton, titleSpaceBirds, MarkCotton. Seven files.
- Structure/citations: seven ordered sections; JSON/Markdown generated together; paragraph claims reviewed; every source materially cited. Counts in validator output.
- Sources: sixteen inspected cited records/fifteen URLs, specific locators, primary development and charity bodies. Failed dossier web access and irrelevant search disclosed.
- Code: actual query and response identity retained; complete source read, actual SHA256 verified, hosted execution disclosed.
- Visuals: five unique verified originals, two states each; two sustained close readings; gpt-6-astra observer; hold/release and export tested; sound not auditioned.
- Header: current complete wallet set, indexed owner match, original media inspected; remote CC BY-NC display basis and attribution.
- History/rights: conditional auction calculation, chronology distinct, current maximum/price not backdated; source-code and historical configuration unknowns visible.
- Provenance/usage: Astra original contribution; explicit null telemetry/start pending actual coordinator log delta.
- Submission: exception-pending for review of original maximum/allocation/auction execution and separate code-rights gaps; required research completed, not accepted/published. record.status draft-for-human-review.

## Validator


## Coordinator review

2026-09-18T06:13:39.970329+00:00
Full fresh source independently read and hash matched. Held33 freshly matched to complete AB5D linked wallet set. Artist development account, gallery bio, p5 contour reference and licence sources checked. Charity report independently recovered through in-app browser after web/HTTP failures; dated amount and caveats confirmed. Historical and source-code gaps reviewed and retained as explicit limitations. Counts unavailable, not estimated.