CH 02 / Trait economics / Slide 03 03 / 12
MintMug vault note

Traits Make Noise

Metadata becomes the flex

Every jacket, grin, and background swatch carries a public receipt.

Rarity only works in public

The drop feels alive when the whole room can sort the same ledger.

Flat color hits harder

Acid fills beat polish because screenshots need to read at avatar size.

The avatar is the pass

Identity, access, and status collapse into one loud square tile.

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