# Research notes

## Sources and access
Ten sources (S01-S10) inspected 2026-09-20T00:21Z to 14:10Z. The registry description supplies the dragon/wyvern/drake taxonomy. The dossier (S06) supplies the five-project context and the character-design-meets-games framing. The artist's registry website is offline; a Wayback capture (S07) shows the 2022 redirect to hideogen.art, a JavaScript shell, so no artist-authored statement was recoverable (EX-04). No interview exists (EX-02). The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 deed (S08) was already cached in the batch web store and was re-read for this package.

## Full script inspection
Script from projects_metadata.script via exact-slug query; 43,550 bytes; SHA-256 1f281bcb8abe4eb10d52c1fbcf4476612bb61ec21ff295f789c7389470df7ed6 (recomputed locally, matches). Read in full (minified single bundle inlining THREE.OrbitControls, MapControls and ConvexHull; registry script_count 6 unresolved, EX-03). Coverage: xorshift Random seeded from parseInt(tokenData.hash.slice(0,16),16); rdec/rbet/rch helpers; PALETTES Normal and Negative; LIGHT_COLORS including bumblebee, pumpkin and elemental names (EX-05); rotationDirection chosen per token; requestAnimationFrame render loop; spine/tail/wing/bone construction; ConvexHull crystals; SpotLights; no audio code. Script bytes retained only for hashing.

## Token identity and visual observation
All 100 token records pulled (query in research4/fetch_tokens.py). Five static previews downloaded and viewed (V01-V05), spanning drake-like, pink-winged, wing-spike, broad-wing and two-headed modes. Live renderer for 338000040 executed in headless Chrome with SwiftShader WebGL (V06): hash matched chain exactly; frames differ across 5s; drag rotates; wheel zooms; one canvas; 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 100 tokens found exactly one edition held: number 40, owned by 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, minted 2022-08-03T17:17:08Z. Edition 40 selected as header as the sole AB5D holding. Media URL in presentation.json.

## Mint chronology and calculations
First mint 2022-07-25T22:42:55Z (edition 0, nine days pre-sale). Activation 2022-07-27T23:26:51Z. Registry start_datetime 2022-08-03T17:00:00Z (= collection page release line). Edition 1 at 17:00:44Z; edition 10 at 17:15:59Z; editions 20 and 40 at 17:17:08Z; final edition 99 at 17:17:51Z; about 17m51s 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, with link_to_license); category creative-commons; deed terms summarized from the cached deed (Share; Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivatives; no additional restrictions). Code licence: none found in script; recorded as unknown. Sole runtime dependency three.js 0.124.0 (parts inlined); zero external assets. No conflicts found.

## Unresolved questions and exceptions
EX-01 original mint price unverified (pending). EX-02 no interview (pending). EX-03 script_count 6 semantics (pending). EX-04 artist website offline/redirecting (pending). EX-05 elemental light-color trait mapping inferred (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, Wayback Machine, web search/fetch. Elapsed for this package: roughly 20 minutes within the batch session. Token telemetry unavailable; usage.json fields null except timestamps.

## Checks report

| Check | Report |
| --- | --- |
| Identity and package | Slug undead-wyverns-by-hideo; chain 1; contract and project ID match the supplied roster and fresh registry record; all seven files present. |
| Structure and citations | 1652 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/undead-wyverns-by-hideo` run from the extracted pack root at 2026-09-20T04:57:03Z; 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": "undead wyverns",
      "slug": "undead-wyverns-by-hideo",
      "words": 1652,
      "sources": 10,
      "examples": 5,
      "pendingEditorialExceptions": 5
    }
  ],
  "totalWords": 1652,
  "errors": []
}
```