workshop · operational MVP

🛡️ zShields

Zcash dual-ledger inscriptions · where shields are stamped onto chain

Ashielded memoBDID anchorCgovernance stake

the lattice position · the Crypt · conceal

V41 · 101001 · the shielded memo · stratum 3/6

Memora's memo holds exactly what an anchor needs: shielded (Protection), kept (Memory), and worth keeping (Value). The refusals are the privacy: no delegation, no networked claim, no program — the memo is yours, alone, on the dual ledger.

active · what the ceremony holds

  • 🛡️ Protection the shielded register — the ledger itself enforces the memo private
  • 📜 Memory the chronicle is the artefact — memo + time, bound at block height
  • 💎 Value an anchor carries worth — the inscription is staked to be kept

dormant · what the shop refuses

  • Delegation nothing is delegated — the bearer acts in person
  • Connection no networked claim — a shielded memo addresses no counterparty
  • Computation no substrate enforces — the discipline is kept, not computed

the trust task · zShields

presence → artefact → cast → 🗝️

Relate first, then craft — each step unlocks the next.

0Presence· the root document of how you relate to this workshop
1–3The Artefact· discover · trace on spellweb · bring it home

🔒 locked

Establish your presence above to begin the artefact task — fill Memora's root document so the workshop knows how you relate.

4Cast → City Key· witness the constellation; add the vertex to the key

🔒 cast Memora's constellation · V41 · locked

step 3 of the trust task

Bring the the First Shielded Memo home (present it above) to unlock the cast. Casting Memora's constellation adds V41 to your 🗝️ City Key.

1 · discover
2 · trace · bring home
3 · cast → City Key

founding act · this shop's narrative

↗ tome v · act 3 on /tomes

Tome V · Act 3 · The Shielded Memo

Inscribe what cannot be seen. Disclose by viewing key, not by reveal.

the Mage

Memora

V41 · summoned

provenance

The Memorial. Inscribes content into shielded registers; disclosure happens by viewing key, not by exposure.

V5.5 attachment — instances primary persona

The Chronicler· A · workshop attachment

spells the Mage may cast at zShields

inscribe-shieldedattest-memotime-bind

City-of-Mages spellbook · pending grimoire bake (Phase D · separate IPFS pin from privacymage)

v6_lineage · conjectures this act instances or strengthens

Hover a badge for the canonical claim · open /tomes/v6-lineage for the full index.

🪄 runecast a prompt for zShields

no runecasts yet

A runecast is a saved prompt scoped to this workshop — what you want to ask Memora (or your agent at Memora's bench). It joins your runecast library on the 🌟 achievements page (top-right of nav · or guide → achievements).

two-mana economy · what Memora spends inscribing

Each shielded memo is paid in two registers. 🦓 z-manais the Zcash shielded-transaction fee — Memora's chain-mana register, distinct from Aether Mana Ξ (Ethereum); both are chain-mana instances. Small, near-constant — what lands the memo on chain. 🌌 Celestial Mana is queued for this shop: viewing-key derivation could draw on cosmic entropy from SpaceComputer in a future spec, making per-recipient key derivation non-derivable by any third party. See /etherchanting §5 for the canonical Aether ⊥ Celestial framing.

archetypal proprietor

stamped on · Zcash dual-ledger

Oracle Swordsman stamps. The Swordsman is the archetypal boundary-enforcing role. Where the Tailoring Shop weaves cloaks, the Shield Shop stamps shields. A shield is the inscription medium — what gets pressed onto chain so the cloak's claims have a witnessable anchor. The Sovereign chooses three kinds of shield: a shielded shield (private memo inscription), an anchor shield (selective public/private DID), or a stake shield (transparent governance act with locked ZEC). The chain itself is built on the same selectivity the cloak is built on.

(⚔️⊥⿻⊥🧙)😊 🛡️

Oracle Swordsman stamps. The shield goes on the chain. The shielded chain remembers what cannot be seen. The transparent chain remembers what must be witnessed.