# Research notes

## Sources and access
Ten sources (S01-S07, S09-S11) inspected 2026-09-20T00:21Z to 13:17Z. The registry description supplies the Bauhaus-meets-Blade-Runner framing. The dossier (S06) supplies the ArtCenter biography and the Twitter-bird episode with its named teammates. The artist's portfolio site (S07) is a bare project list with no statement (EX-02). No interview exists (EX-02). 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; 16,866 bytes; SHA-256 099489bfb58d7d345a2d91fd77c891184325d20559846cc41678ca1d763aeb1b (recomputed locally, matches). Read in full (minified, symbol map). Coverage: dual sfc32 PRNGs from hash halves with 1,000,000-pair warmup and per-call alternation; LZ-style decompressor embedding palette/grid/layer data; 2D canvas at 3000x3000; data-URI grain texture (corroborates zero external assets); one Math.random white-noise overlay at low alpha (per-load grain variation, EX-05); static after draw; listeners only for load and resize; no audio, no interaction. Registry script_count is 2 (EX-04). Script bytes retained only for hashing.

## Token identity and visual observation
All 196 token records pulled (query in research4/fetch_tokens.py). Five static previews downloaded and viewed (V01-V05), spanning blue-green, pixel-cluster, sunset, pastel and hot-red modes. Live renderer for 330000036 executed in headless Chrome (V06): page-reported hash confirmed identical to the chain record by programmatic comparison (an earlier hand-typed expected string caused a false mismatch in probe output; the underlying strings match); static after draw; zero audio elements; 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 196 tokens found exactly one edition held: number 36, owned by 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, minted 2022-07-20T17:18:37Z. Edition 36 selected as header as the sole AB5D holding. Media URL in presentation.json.

## Mint chronology and calculations
First mint 2022-07-13T08:12:41Z (edition 0, seven days pre-sale). Activation 2022-07-15T20:00:41Z. Registry start_datetime 2022-07-20T17:00:00Z (= collection page release line). Edition 1 at 17:00:26Z; edition 10 at 17:17:39Z; edition 20 at 17:18:08Z; edition 36 at 17:18:37Z; edition 195 at 17:20:17Z; about 20 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 raw value with leading space, EX-03; link_to_license recorded); 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. No runtime library (js@na); zero external assets, corroborated by the embedded data-URI texture. No conflicts found.

## Unresolved questions and exceptions
EX-01 original mint price unverified (pending). EX-02 no interview, no site statement (pending). EX-03 licence string leading-space quirk (pending). EX-04 script_count 2 unexplained (pending). EX-05 per-load grain non-determinism (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 squares-by-martin-grasser; chain 1; contract and project ID match the supplied roster and fresh registry record; all seven files present. |
| Structure and citations | 1565 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/squares-by-martin-grasser` run from the extracted pack root at 2026-09-20T03:32:14Z; 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": "Squares",
      "slug": "squares-by-martin-grasser",
      "words": 1565,
      "sources": 10,
      "examples": 5,
      "pendingEditorialExceptions": 5
    }
  ],
  "totalWords": 1565,
  "errors": []
}
```