Useful work stays. Unsupported promises do not. These are local development checkpoints, not announcements of a deployed exchange or public mint.
Proof-first returns as the product thesis.
The homepage leads with the separation again: transferable Genesis art, a wallet-bound proof credential and a fail-closed render. The original chapters return: the Separation, the Orders, the Release Record and the Forge.
The NFT/$LEGEND pool stays as the Anvil, the inventory desk for Genesis art. Anvil buyers get the artwork only. No purchase path grants proof, rank or a credential. The earning policy for proof is still open.
NFT/$LEGEND becomes the product direction.
The supplied compiled website is retained as a backup. Its branding and artwork inform the editable plain-local recovery app. The homepage now explains NFT inventory and buyer-funded token reserve rather than making proof and cosmetic burns the main product.
A local TEST_LEGEND model illustrates twenty mock positions, zero initial reserve, ordinary purchase and return arithmetic, finite Closing and non-expiring earned cash claims. It is not a wallet, a token issuance or a smart-contract test.
Current verification and unresolved work are listed on the status page. The canonical production token, eligible NFT universe, contract implementation and launch remain separate decisions.
The archive preserved a usable foundation.
Twelve candidate records, seven Sentinel render candidates, four relic concepts and one key-art candidate, were recovered with full-image web derivatives, search/filtering, provenance, downloadable manifests and a local review workflow. Original folders stayed untouched.
That archive-first checkpoint is retained as a component, not the final product thesis. Historical checks keep their original scope. Art and rights approval are still pending.
Do not merge incompatible promises.
Legacy tokens, reservation designs, root proposals, renderer success reports and later contract tracks are separate inputs. No old supply figure, audit label, accepted-art claim or root ceremony automatically applies to the new market.
External Anvil creates a new market token. The shared-$LEGEND route is a custom architecture. Staking, loans and public LP participation remain outside the first restricted pilot.
NEXT / SEPARATE ENGINEERING WORK
Build and test the actual market.
Implement the selected V2.2 contracts, verify custody and integer reserve invariants, test hostile transfer and Closing paths, decide token and art identities, then obtain explicit authorization for a bounded testnet deployment. Check prior obligations before changing public terms.
No deployment date, participant entitlement, token price, paid eligibility or public liquidity commitment is promised here.