# spawn research notes

## Method and identity

Individual spec and COMMON followed. No matching publication, dispatch, reserved-batch or holding entry at claim. Project 161, Atlas 156, chain 1, exact contract retained in record. Source queries refreshed; website and primary artist catalogue inspected, along with retrospective Outland interview and later interview report. No shared files edited.

## Full script inspection

Complete 2,826-byte indexed script read in full. SHA-256 21a17acf35894f6c3708652670793068019f4d99fae01a60aa684d093732998f. Covered hash seed, bitwise random function, all colour/geometry parameters, four offset arrays, window load, canvas, Paper setup, two source polygons, deformation with bounds restoration, mirroring, gradient assignment, smoothing exception, group fit and frame callback. No block pin. Raw script stays only in ignored sibling spawn-research.md.

## Visual sampling and runtime

Five verified actual originals: #0, #1, #10, #20, #488. Inspected in isolated Chrome research tabs at 23:33:17.716Z; #20/#488 repeated through 23:34:04.228Z. Subtle flexing observed; palette/identity stable. No frame-rate or exact-loop measurement. Full script has no pause, keys, pointer, audio, export or resize handlers. No audio heard. No embedded/mobile/multiplayer runtime test. Close readings of #488 and #20; purposeful sample, no rarity inference.

## Holding and chronology

Fresh profile exposed exactly three linked wallets; fresh indexed owner of #488 matched 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045. Five canonical token pages returned HTTP 200 with exact names. Initial project_id numeric filter returned zero rows; corrected exact-contract/token-range query returned all 1,001. First #0 September 9; #1 September 14 16:20:46Z; final #1000 September 15 01:20:45Z. Interval 32,399 seconds = 8h 59m 59s, not established public sale duration. Chrome transaction #1 value 0.75 ETH; final 0.15 ETH. Artist catalogue reports 0.15 base / Dutch auction and above-base donation. Platform charity report approximately $5,000 includes methodological caveat; recipient receipt not established.

## Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0 reported; exact operative terms inspected. Attributed noncommercial original renderer display recommended. Paper 0.12.15 MIT dependency terms read; separate artist code licence not found. Essay prose CC0 does not extend to artwork.

## Failed/limited accesses

- johnx.work link failed web retrieval; main artist site and spawn.club/catalog available.
- Outland initial web body succeeded; subsequent continuation/direct retrieval returned 503. Claims limited to actually inspected first portion, including Provencher’s development/conditions/mint statements.
- Artist site labels Outland link 2021 but article itself dated 12 April 2022; article date used.
- Initial chronology query zero rows corrected rather than treated as no tokens.
- Catalogue release-day shorthand differs from exact chronology; both preserved with distinctions.

## Unresolved questions

- Exact advertised opening, starting price and every Dutch-auction reduction?
- Original purpose/allocation of advance #0 and historic cap changes, if any?
- Recipient identity and receipt reconciliation for charity amount?
- Separate artist software licence?
- Current status of shared holder-world features and mobile/embed behaviour?
- Coordinator measured token-usage delta?

## Provenance and elapsed work

Actual model OpenAI gpt-6-astra. Started 2026-09-17T23:32:30.522500Z, stable finish in usage.json. Null counters pending coordinator measurement, no estimates. Human editorial acceptance pending. Structural validator only, not publication. Seven files only in holding package plus sibling checkpoint.