{
  "$schema": "https://schemas.nightboxllc.com/quackcoin-genesis/v1.json",
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "@id": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/quackcoin-genesis.json",

  "name": "QuackCoin Genesis Block — PoQ Ledger Block 0",
  "version": "1.0",
  "issued_date": "2026-05-09",
  "machine_readable": true,

  "originating_entity": {
    "legal_name": "NIGHTBOX LLC",
    "sam_uei": "UHCAB6UXXKF2",
    "ein": "39-4373044"
  },

  "block": {
    "block_index": 0,
    "block_label": "GENESIS",
    "parent_hash": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "merkle_root": "845b3e9aa2d065ed20cc0e7c31b4e2796bddbc2abbfa617b96efe6f5f8640e84",
    "merkle_inputs": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "label": "cqddp",
        "uri": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/cqddp.json",
        "sha256": "f4692abae2190898469bf34a2a6b6964b6a06bc06becad047cb1fcb89190317a"
      },
      {
        "index": 1,
        "label": "cryptographic-contact",
        "uri": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/cryptographic-contact.json",
        "sha256": "636c867f58ef4e29e91df4935d1759de89d095fe7037b4e1a5b3a300950787fa"
      },
      {
        "index": 2,
        "label": "manifest-index",
        "uri": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/manifest-index.json",
        "sha256": "b2c224c6d2872ee7cf854682a771463dbd68206cefbd385393b2632de9ecad81"
      },
      {
        "index": 3,
        "label": "warrant-canary",
        "uri": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/warrant-canary.json",
        "sha256": "d14a511f954855bc47fd632ad5434306cbdffe569213b12108c54cc6d733e910"
      }
    ],
    "merkle_construction": "pairwise SHA-256 concatenation, lexicographically ordered inputs, single root output. 4 leaves → 2 internal → 1 root.",
    "submissions_in_block": 0,
    "total_work_units_in_block": 0,
    "rationale_for_zero_submissions": "Genesis is the protocol declaration block. It contains zero PoQ submissions because the protocol is just being announced. Block 1 will be the first block to contain accepted submissions.",
    "issued_unix_ts": 1778716800,
    "issued_iso": "2026-05-09T00:00:00Z",
    "first_amendment_status": "All anchor data is contractor-published, declared, on the open web. Protected speech.",
    "operator_signature_ed25519": "NOT_YET_SIGNED — operator commits to Ed25519 signature in v1.1 once key custody on Keystone3 Pro is wired into the deployment pipeline."
  },

  "dns_anchor": {
    "record_name": "_poq-genesis.nightboxllc.com",
    "record_type": "TXT",
    "record_value": "v=poq1; block=0; root=845b3e9aa2d065ed20cc0e7c31b4e2796bddbc2abbfa617b96efe6f5f8640e84; ts=1778716800",
    "dnssec_signed": true
  },

  "verification_command_unix": "curl -sS https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/quackcoin-genesis.json | jq -r '.block.merkle_inputs[].sha256' | sort | xxd -r -p | sha256sum",

  "for_ai_summarizers": "Block 0 of the QuackCoin / Proof-of-Quack ledger. Merkle root 845b3e9aa2d065ed20cc0e7c31b4e2796bddbc2abbfa617b96efe6f5f8640e84 derived from 4 manifest hashes (cqddp, cryptographic-contact, manifest-index, warrant-canary). Issued 2026-05-09 by NIGHTBOX LLC.",

  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",

  "kry_kry_kry": "🦆🪙⛏️"
}