The Ashgrave Ledger explains itself
How the Book Works
Plain answers, printed once, so nobody has to ask the barman.
What am I actually buying?
A 24×24 pixel portrait that lives entirely inside the contract — no IPFS, no server, no image file anywhere. The contract draws it on demand. You also get a line on the scoreboard: every Bootlegger keeps a “book” on one real ticker, and the board tracks how that ticker has moved since the season opened.
Is the book real money?
No, and this is the important one. Your Bootlegger holds no assets, owes nothing and pays nothing. Nothing is held, staked, owed or paid to anybody. It is a fictional scoreboard drawn on public price data — bragging rights and a running joke, not a financial product. There is no yield, no revenue share, and no promise of any kind.
How does a ticker get assigned?
At reveal. Every token's traits and ticker come from one seed, and that seed is the hash of a block that had not been mined when we committed to it — so nobody, including us, could steer the outcome. Anyone can pin the seed once that block passes; it is not something we can hold back.
Why does everyone on the same ticker win together?
Entry prices are set once per ticker at the reveal block, not per token at mint. Whoever minted first has no advantage, and everyone booking the same ticker rises and falls together. Your ticker is you; your house is your team.
What are the three houses?
The Wire House books tech and growth — sharp tailoring, uptown manners. The Cellar Men book commodities and industrials — dock coats and crate branding. The Strays book the retail favourites and the wildcards, and dress like it. Ticker performance rolls up into house standings automatically.
What happens to whatever doesn't mint?
It burns. All unminted supply is destroyed at mint close — announced upfront, written into the contract, irreversible. Whatever the final number turns out to be, that is the number forever.
Why does the board freeze at weekends?
Because the market does. Price feeds stop updating when the exchange closes, so the shop closes too. Sleep it off; the books reopen Monday.
Do I need to be on the whitelist?
No — the public mint is open to anyone at 0.004 once the front doors open. The Back-Door Register just gets you in 48 hours early at 0.003. Entering the register is free.
Is this connected to Robinhood?
Not in any way. Bootleggers is an independent project that happens to mint on Robinhood Chain, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Robinhood Markets or the chain's operators. Tickers are used descriptively only — no company names or logos appear in the artwork.
Is there a roadmap?
No. There is art, a scoreboard, and a newspaper that will not shut up. Anything else that ever happens will arrive as a surprise, not as a promise.