# Research notes

## Sources and access
Twelve sources (S01-S12) inspected 2026-09-17T22:00Z to 23:55Z. All fetches succeeded. The NFT License 2.0 text (S08) was read in full during the catblocks-by-kristy-glas research in this batch. The OpenSea guide (S11) and DailyCoin article (S12) were read through search result content extraction. The WhaleStreet X account was located but X pages are login-walled beyond metadata. No dated 2021 source for the original mint price was found. The collection page's "5 listings available, starting from 0.9600 ETH" is a current secondary-market line observed 2026-09-17, recorded as market context only.

## Full script inspection
Script from projects_metadata.script via exact-slug query; 5,292 bytes; SHA-256 ce2fac7eeb2701cf51f59bcad30123ed19754ed3ae9a1ac82ce75dcb5bd381a2. Read in full. Coverage: xorshift PRNG seeded from hash.slice(0,16); classes Lagrange and Palette; recursive rr() partition, COMPLEXITY_P1 .7 / P2 .5; MAX_H=MAX_W n(rnd_num(10,50)); STEP n(20)-n(50); BREAK_SLICE 1-5; BLOCKS_P1=1 (region blocks never filled), BLOCKS_P2 rnd_num(.7,.9) (strip fill 10-30 percent); STROKE_WIDTH n(2)-n(10); FLIP_P .1; INVERT_P=1 with a 5 percent override (rnd_num()>.95) setting INVERT_P=0 (every block inverted to outline) and STYLE_P=1; STYLE_P=rnd_arr([1, rnd_num(.5,1)]) otherwise, enabling the cross-hatch stamp (grid of n(3.5) squares every n(12) units in stroke color); GLYPH_P rnd_num(.25,.75); GRAVITY=.75; palette repeats rnd_arr([1,2,5,25]); 12-entry palette table of 1-2 color schemes (Jade Theory, Invaders, B/W, Azure, Hive, Love, Virgo, Moon, Indigo, Golden, Aqua, Icy); GTYPE=2 declared but never referenced; debris 50-100; frameRate(30); toroidal wrap. No audio code. Script bytes retained only for hashing.

## Sibling scripts
m'aider (5,364 bytes, SHA-256 b988ae23153629c53a6f4dc217b4d0023427ce708b5de7cd467c1cc015dee7c8): GTYPE=0, GRAVITY=0, DEBRIS 15-40, stroke 5-7, BLOCKS_P .6-.8, 11-entry palette table. warning (5,323 bytes, SHA-256 e6040632d7b56fea3210df2179b20bd5bc1ad6a9ac8244f727937a6f9f9f4c94): GTYPE=1, GRAVITY=.1, DEBRIS 25-50, stroke 2-4, BLOCKS_P .8-1, INVERT rnd_arr([.8,1]), 7-entry palette table. Same engine; identical project description text in all three registry records; distinct palette table per chapter.

## Token identity and visual observation
All 32 token records pulled (query in research/fetch_tokens.py). Five static previews downloaded and viewed. Live renderer for 81000008 executed in headless Chrome: tokenData.hash matched the chain record; OBJECTS.length 572 (finest partition observed in the trilogy; compare 116 for m'aider 79000037 and 82 for warning 80000066); SPACE.debris.length 92 (within the 50-100 roll); debris positions changed measurably over 3s (one fragment traveled over 90 units, another crept, consistent with strong attraction); frameCount advanced 80 to 161 (about 30fps). Palette attributions in the essay are visual matches against the script hex table, not recomputed traits. Sampling rationale: editions 0 and 1 (first two mints, density extremes), 8 (AB5D-held header), 10 (hatch at full force), 20 (region-fill shutdown demonstrated).

## Header ownership and media
AB5D linked wallets observed 2026-09-17 (see antennas notes for method). Owner scan of all 32 tokens found edition 8 held by 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045. Selected as header; media and live view URLs in presentation.json.

## Mint chronology and calculations
Activation 2021-06-01T04:13:24Z (same minute as warning; m'aider 04:11:01Z). First mint 2021-06-01T04:41:32Z; second mint 2021-06-01T14:56:25Z; sparse mints across the summer (edition 8 on 07-15, 10 on 07-18, 20 on 08-18); registry start_datetime 2021-08-20T04:01:43Z (= collection page release line); completion 2021-09-23T02:27:10Z (last of the trilogy; m'aider 02:23:45Z, warning 02:25:41Z). First-to-last span about 113 days 22 hours. Anomalies: sale-start postdates first mint by about 12 weeks; sale-starts out of chapter order (ravaged 08-20 earliest). Project reported paused=true, complete=true, locked=true.

## Rights and conflicts
Artwork label 'NFT License' (registry, link_to_license null); category custom; terms from the NFT License 2.0 template. Code licence: none found in script (no header); recorded as unknown. p5.js dependency licence not re-verified. No conflicts found.

## Unresolved questions and exceptions
EX-01 original mint price unverified (pending). EX-02 start_datetime gap and out-of-order sale-starts unexplained (pending). EX-03 no trilogy-specific artist statement; GTYPE meaning inferred (pending). Per-token palette attributions are visual matches, not recomputed traits (noted in essay).

## 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 30 minutes within the batch session. Token telemetry unavailable; usage.json fields null.